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BETTER FRUIT 



February 



the material into the calyx cups. For 

 this application use ortho arsenate at the 

 rate of six pounds to 100 gallons. This 

 estimate being based on the usual form 

 of the commercial lead — that is, 50% 

 water. 



This application will occur some time 

 in April for the majority of the Pacific 

 Coast sections, and should protect the 

 apples from those worms which endeavor 

 to enter at the calyx. 



A second application about the middle 

 of May will protect the outside of the 

 fruit at the time when the first codling 

 moths are beginning to appear. This 

 application should be very thorough, but 

 the quantity of arsenate of lead may be 

 reduced to four pounds to 100 gallons. 



A third spraying for the first brood 

 will do no harm, and should be applied 

 in the early part of June, using the same 

 strength as for the second. 



If these applications have been suffi- 

 ciently thorough the second brood may 

 be so small as to require no spraying. 



The orchardist can determine this by 

 looking for wormy apples on the ground 

 in July and the early part of August. If 

 very few can be found it indicates that 

 the first brood worms have been well 

 controlled. A sufficient control to elimi- 

 nate the second brood spraying would be 

 the case where not more than two or 

 three wormy apples could be found per 

 tree. 



The average grower will not get results 

 which warrant him in neglecting the 

 second brood spraying. Usually one 

 application will suffice, and that should 



be made early in August, but not in July, 

 except in the warmer valleys, where the 

 codling moth emerges earlier. The same 

 strength of material and method of appli- 

 cation as is recommended for the other 

 sprayings should be followed. 



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This procedure, carefully carried out, 

 should insure 95% worm-free apples. 



In the Pajaro Valley and adjoining 

 localities I find that the most prevalent 

 cause of failure to secure the best control 

 is due to the neglect of the August 

 spraying. 



The orchardists and apple buyers arej 

 largely influenced by the fear of knock-' 

 ing of fruit with spray rods and the spray 

 outfit. A little reflection should convince 

 them that it would require special effort 

 on the part of the men to dislodge 2% 

 of the fruit. Then, if this applicatio 

 would save 10% from the worms, th 

 loss of the small quantity which woul 

 occur when ordinary care was used i 

 entirely negligible. 



Practical entomologists and horticul 

 turists have still another phase of th 

 problem to consider. This arises from 

 the fact that the codling moth is not the 

 only pest of apples and pears. Several 

 other insects and diseases are causes of 

 considerable damage, and frequently some^ 

 one of these may be more destrucWEB 

 than the apple worm. Then the control 

 of the worms alone may not bring the 

 saving necessary to financial success, or 

 produce first-class fruit. Other remedies| 

 than arsenate of lead are required for ' 

 the control of some of these pests, but 

 to make a separate application to cor- 

 rect every disorder would require a far! 

 too elaborate spraying program, and I 

 greatly increase the expense. If pos-i 

 sible, these various remedies should be 

 combined in a single application, and the 

 problem of preparing this combined 



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