timely r-uggestions. Care in raapping out the test, special technique 

 in applying the material, and proper tilling oi the applications are 

 .^uite esoential. It may also be possible to proviae some assistance 

 to cooperators in measuring the results ol" the test. The material 

 is applied only a few aays before harvest time, nowever, a postcard 

 now to Dr. Shav\/ will insure your getting up to aate information 

 about this raoaern bit of magic, v-/hich is to be aiscussea on the 

 i'arm anu Home V»eek Program m -f^mherst, July 25, by Dr. i? . £. Gardner 

 of the U. o. u. A. Experimental i^arm in aeltsviile, Maryland. 



More Twilight Meetings 



AS we enter the critical perioa in the control of apple 

 scab ana curculio, more gro'-wers are attenaing nearby tv/ilight orchard 

 laeetings where problems of timely interest are reviewed. During the 

 four aay periou. May 20-23, seven such meetings v\fere nela in Massa- 

 cnusetcs. Tne scnaaule of tv;ilight meetings in vVorcester and Essex 

 CountioB after May 27 is as follows: 



V.orcester County 



May 27, Lester Jf'ease, Templeton. 



" 29, Clarence i^orse, Southbriage. 

 June b, Charles -ctaTris, Leominster. 



" 5, Grafton State Hospital, Grafton. 



" 10, Louis A. Webster, liiackstone. 



" 12, Llm Hill Farn, Brooki'iela. 



" 17, Josepn J. (Stearns, Nortnboro. 



" 19, 0. C. voe, Jiarvara. 



Essex County 



i.iay 29 , Ellis r c ha r a s , iviel rose. 



June 6, Norris Orchard^ Lynnfiela. 



" 15, Osgooa Estate, V-'enham. 



" 20, George Bartlett, Georgetov/n. 



The btrawberry Yveevil Situation 



btrawbcirry plantings in southeastern Massachusetts shov; 

 many cut buus ana nibolea petals. The strav^^berry weevil has apparent 

 ly increasea in recent years until touay it ranks as a major pest in 

 Falmoutii ana other strawberry producing towns of liarnstable ana Bris- 

 tol Counties. This pest is a snout beetle, not more than an eighth 

 of an inch long, ana is closely related to tne plum gouger, whose 

 principal food plant seems to be the beach plum, iis many as a dozen 

 iiave been observed on a single strawberry plant, and the aamage is 

 always worse on the rov/s aajoining brush iana or othei- favorite hi- 

 bernating quarters, ijike tne pluiii curculio, the Vv'eevil feeas most 

 actively in warn v/eather. On May 21, v/ith the temperature around 

 70°, numerous weevils W'sre observoa Iceaing on the pollen, or laying 

 eggs, while tv;o aays later when a cola arizzle haa set in, very few- 

 weevils were in eviaence ana they naa crawled into unopenea blossom 

 buas for protection. Growbrs in falir.outh are using some H5-15 sul- 

 fur-leaa arsenate dua.t-.jtist as' the bloGs^-&|)uas open, with fairly 

 good. .results. Tests with other materials', including cryolite ana ro- 

 tenone, are still in the experimental otage. Burning or tne sur- 

 rounding brush auring the winter to kill tne hibernating weevils is 

 recommenaea. 



