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3d. Calyx Spray, given just after the petals have shed and 

 while the calyx end of the young fruits is still open and erect. Use 

 Bordeaux mixture with 1 to 2 pounds of powdered arsenate of lead 

 added for the special control of the codling moth, curculio and the 

 less important insects. For the codling moth, it is especially desir- 

 able that the spray be made while the young fruits are open and 

 erect. The codling moth usually lays the egg at the calyx end of 

 the young fruits and if the spray is present, the young larvae get 

 the poison with their first mouthful. 



4th. Later Sprayings are given at intervals of two or three 

 weeks depending upon conditions, using Bordeaux mixture to 



Fig. 229. A peach tree four years old that has been headed-in every year. An 

 open tree like this that has been regularly headed-in has many small fruiting 

 branches on the interior limbs. 



Photo. Prof. W. H. Chandler, University of Missouri. 



