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DO YOU KNOT 



That the Plun Curculio is a ninor post of sola's consoquenco in culti- 

 vated blueberries in How Jersey? \'I, E. Tomlinson, fomerly of tho Y/t^lthan 

 Field Station who is now engaged in blueborry insect work at Penberton, N.J., 

 forv;arded sample blueberries to ITaithar.! oarly in Jun(3, 1945, and tyi^ical 

 curculio larvae have eraerged fron them. The infested blueberries were raarked 

 vfith the characteristic crescent shaped scars v/hich are so noticoublo in 

 infested apples and pluras. C. S. Beclcwith, fonnerly entonologist and dir- 

 ector of the Cranberry and Blueberry Insect Investigation Laboratory at Pein- 

 berton, IJ. J., previously reported infestations of this insect in blueberries 

 in 1938. Wild blueberries are not knovm to bo attacked. (V[. D. Vfliitconb). 



That the ivord "blueberry" is used to designate a group of plants con- 

 nonly called either blueberry or huckleberry the fruit of which has nany sraall, 

 soft seeds in contrast to the true huckleberry vmich has ten largo, hard 

 shelled seeds? In addition to the high bush blueberry (Vacciniuia coryi.ibosun) 

 and the low bush blueberry (V* angustif oliuia) four other species of blue- 

 berries are of inportance in the United States, tho dry land blueberry (V. 

 vacillcjas) and the rabbiteye blueberry (V, virgatura) of the Southoast and 

 the evergreen or box blueberry (V. Ovaturi) and tho nountain blueberry (V. 

 nenbranacoun) of the Northwest. The -^rilue of the lo\; bush blueberry alone 

 is estimated at ^5,000,000 annually. 



That the state of Missouri, which according to the 1900 Census, had a 

 total of 20,000,OOQ7^ranked first in apple production at that tir.ie? The fol- 

 loviTing states ranked next in order vifith nujubers of trees ranging fron 15 

 nillion to 8 nilliont IJew York, Illinois, Ohio, Kansas, Pemisylvania, llich- 

 igan, Kentucky, Indiana, Virginia. It will be noted that the state of Y/ash- 

 ington which today produces about one-fifth of the apple crop, was nit in- 

 cluded in the first ten states 45 years ago. 



That the oldest living grape vine in the United States is said to have 

 been planted in 1587 near Llanteo, N. C? According to tradition this Scupper- 

 nong vine was brought o\'er by a group of col'jnizers sent on an ill fated 

 mission by Sir Walter Raleigh. Many thousands of cuttings havo since been 

 taken from this mother vine, a 125-acre vineyard having been planted nearby. 

 The old mother vine, rambling fron its giant, gnarled trunk over nearly an 

 acre, is said to yield as much as 150 bushels toinually. 



That a strav/berry plant, with its progeny of runner plants, is capable 

 of producing at least one quart of berries. On an acre basis this v/ould re- 

 sult in only a fair per acre yield. If plants are set 5x2 feet apart, such 

 a planting involves 4,356 plants per acre. The average producti ■)n in the 

 Faliaouth area in 1944 is reported to be 3,36^pe'r acre. In 1940 tho yield 

 was 4,600 per acre. 



That tho widely publicizod insecticide, DDT, is effective over a long 

 period of tine because it is not soluble in water and does not evaporate or 

 volatilize appreciably? DDT is effective against a v;ide range of insect 

 pests but there are a ni-unber of posts against which it v/orks only moderately 

 well or is quite ineffective. An insect can apparently absorb DDT through its 

 feet. Hence, a snail deposit v/hore the insect v/alks may prove effective. 



