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of Oriental Fruit Moth depends to a large extent on -tae way in which it is 

 applied. The grower must faithfully maintain a ligh-| coating of Oil Dust 

 in the orchard eveiyS days for a period of 4 weeks bgfore the fruit ripens. 

 If he has a very heavy infestation to contend with, the dusting should be 

 exceptionally thorough, 



FIXED NICOTIHE FOR CODLING MOTH C O NTROL 



The following note concerning the use of fised nicotine for codling 

 moth control comes from W. E. Tomlinson of the li7alth«i Field Station: "Fixed 

 nicotine is effective in controlling codling moth, but not apple maggot. 

 Since the Fourth Cover spray is as much for magjjot as codling moth control 

 in most of our orchards, the lead arsenate must be us*,d. These two materials 

 can be used together so long e.s no lime is present in, the spray, but since 

 the lead arsenate talces care of both insects there is no advantage in using 

 Black Leaf 155. After the Fourth Cover spray, lead should not be used be- 

 cause of the residue, in which case fixed nicotine is the answer." 



TIIE APPLE MAGGOT SITUATION 



■ Three peaks of 'jmergence of apple maggot flirs in the Waltham cages 

 are reported by v;. D. ViBiitcomb: June 17 to 19, July I to 3, and July 17 to 19, 

 Very few flies emerged after July 18, A larger percentage than was expected 

 (57^b) of the original 600 maggots have already appearad as flies. There are 

 prospects of fewer migrating flies in late season for two reasons; (1) Owing 

 to the heavy late J.me and early July emergence, previous arsenical applica- 

 tions would be likely to destroy more of the flies thr^n in other years, sind 

 (2) Having emerged early most of the flies on unsprayod trees will' have lived 

 their normal life span before late August, 



APPLE CROP PROSPECTS 



The 1944 apple crop in the U. S. has been es|iiiiated at 109,000,000 

 bushels. This is about half way between the bumper cr<>p of 127,000,000 in 

 1942 and last year's crop of 88,000,000 bushels. 



The state of V^ashington leads in the estimates with 24,000,000 

 bushels, followed by Hew York with 16,000,000, Virginia with 10,500,000, 

 Miahij^an with 7,200,000, Pennsylvania with 7,000,000i CJilifornia with 

 6,ij00,000, Ohio with 5,500,000 and \Tost Virginia with 5*000,000 bushels. 

 Massachusetts will have in the neighborhood of 2,000,000 bushels. 



Blightville Grouper - "If a man sprays tho)+oughly 

 until the first of June, he may go fishing the rest of 

 the summer." 



Bugtov'm Grower - "You mean if ho doesn't sprjiy 

 thoroughly, he may as well go fishing the rest of the 

 suiiimer." 



