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causine soft rot, is one of the moat conimon and destructive oi axx roi,». 

 ha^iSgrfrom orchard to kitchen, is the only practical control. 



Silver Leaf We occasionally see one branch of an apple tree ^f J^^^Ji^^^ 



appeaii^ & the x.st of t^ tree has foliage of nor^J -^-;, ^'^^^T^Z 

 ie so striking that it is apparent from ^^J^^f 5f^„°^3^5:SS^ p^em) a;^ 

 abnonaal condition, Silver Leaf, i;^^t^,!f,^?,^/,f g^i^^tl^^ng^^^ on pluma. 

 affects not only apple trees but other ^^ee fruits as weix, oe g ^^^ 



T^c^es probably becoine infected through ifoirnds, ^,Jf ^^?!^°^f gj^lygtoms and the 

 fungus lives in the woody tissue. Seldom does the 'Jl^i^^^t^f ^^or this miid 

 evidence is more apparent some years than others. No remedy is knomi 



ailment • 



Se'.'Z.l»^ the =m«r months, «odohu=k» ^^nJ/ta'^ sita/ilS "sSo-foS ^rts 



another nearby burrow site," 



HOW Old IS A Curculio 7 ^^ /-^.^^{^ .'itll^'tt^ 

 in5ectI7 H^ro^FHHt^ as an adult. And when it g^*^^^J^^J^ nine^onths old, 

 in young fruits durljig late liay or early June, it ^^ actually a 

 , a'^^table patriarch. Larvae of the next generation enter the^round in mia^ 

 aumner. pupate, and then emerge in early fall to do a Ij^jj-^. f !^^Lo __^vl get an 

 TTii/^iAlri place. And so the t^etles which -^--^^^ff^.^f l^pfrfJ^^ 



early start by wintering in "^^ "«^^^^« °^^^- r^^' '^^pl^ces of hibernation, 

 getting rid of nearby stone walls, brush and other favorite pxaces oi 



Y n^s^ase of Peaches ilany of the roadside chokecherries in Ilaseachusette 



.in i^rSS Tn His Shades [of f^i, yeU- r an, ^^^^^^^^^^ 



^y the first of August, this touch of ^^^^^ °"J^^^^^"?!°^3 area. Only diseased 

 of the X-Disease, the most serious ^J°^^^^^X Lf oS^er sSoIes of cherry are 

 chokecherries show this premature autumn ^^^l^J^g;. ^^.Hlose^roxUnity to 

 l^nmune. It is a losing venture to Bet a peach orchard in jj^^^ P^T^^Ji gy^ptoms , 

 diseased chokecherries, for sooner or later they ^oowill s^c^^e typical W^ ,^^^ 



Costs of Pest control With an apple crop o2tlea3t^300 bushels Pej acre 

 arid a-S^i^eHTScTiiirto justify a modem power ^P^^y^ J* J^^^^^^relativelV 

 Control need not exceed 30^ per bushel, ^single application ^^^J^^^^^^Sis 

 expensive materials, should ..cost no more than ^ »?l^^^ J^l^\f^^^ \. with an 



inSudes materials, depreciation on ^^^P^^^'/f^°^* ^!?,^d frim worthless culls 

 investment of 30# per bushel, an apple crop can be transf ormea irom woi 



