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secta as nothcxychlor. 



The specialists and the researchers are pleased that there are no\i tim in- 

 secticides v,hich mil control curculio. If one is not adequate in your situation, thu 

 otlier car be used and perhaps to your advaitage. In some orchards inethcxychlor will 

 be more dosirable, in others dieldrin. 



Our suggestions to growers aret 



1, Methoxychlor is still the stardard insecticide for control of the pjuw 



curculio ♦ 

 2» Because it is less expensive, use dieldrin in curculio "hot 3pots";apply 



it very thoroughly, preferably in an extra application, 

 3, Consider using dieldrin throughout the orchard in one of the follov/ing 



sprays - Calyx, 1st Cover or 2rd Cover « 

 kt Review the history of your orchard in relation to leaf roller, codling 



moth and Oriental fruit moth and if necessary -- 



5, Use dieldrin (a) in Calyx vdth TDE $0% - 2 pounds - 100 



(b) in 1st Cover as the only insecticide 



(c) in 2nd Cover vith DDT ^0% - 2 pounds - 100« 



6, If necessary use dieldrin to strengthen the lead arsenate or parathion 

 programs in applications critical for curculio control. 



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Old timer Coiments on Apple Spray Chart « "The 19^U Pest Control Schedules 

 on apples have just been released, T'o^an old-timer, who vras brought up on 

 a ICO gallon tank (spray tank, that is) -vdth walk around spray rods, and a 

 schedule of four major spr^s a year, these present day charts look avtful 

 complicated. It all goes to shov; that you have to be smart to grcvr apples 

 nowadays" , '''■^»^ »Piper 



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Virus Diseases of Peaches in the Hudson Valley, Do you 

 have peach trees that ripen their fruit early, re ina in 

 small and green longer than normal for the variety or 

 fail to set fruit at all? If so, these trees may be 

 carrying one of the three common virus diseases knovm 

 to be present in New York State, namely, peach yellovrs, 

 little peach, or X-^lisease, according to D.HoPalmiter 

 of the Poughkeepsie, N,Y, Station, Peach yellows was 

 the first knavm peach virus dijjsaie. The symptoms in- 

 clude premature ripening, inferior quality and often a 

 bitter taste, along with snail, narro\T, yelloir leaves. 

 The disease is spread by the plum leaf hopper, Fruits 

 on trees infected by the little peach disease are smal- 

 ler and ripen later than normal. In recent years it 

 has become more serious than yellovfs in many areas, X- 

 disease symptoms are familiar to most liass, grov/ers, 

 Dr, Palmiter says that mid-August is probably the best 

 time to recognize these three virus diseases, He re- 

 commends checking the orchard at that time and removing 

 treee found to be diseased. 



