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No pi md squash was observed, 
emulsion spray caused a slight chlorosis of small 
lants were not injured by later app. .as, 
arentlv v. d. A 1 -percent lindane dust 
: every 5 days somi ised sh^ht to moderate ir. 
esult f] ^sive : ts of any dust on cucumber foliage. 
Prelimil were made at three Locations betweer. 
out H3 , including men, women, and children, in 
••term. rj gamma BHC tl th< | 
ienced taste panels were not involved in the 
studies. Approximately 118 comparisons were made of lots of one to 
three cu ers from lindane- - .d untreated field plots. Prat - 
reate<: ; came from plants that received several 
applications of either a 1 -percent gamma dust or a spray containing 1 
pound of a wettable 25-percent gamma powder to each 100 gallons of 
wa , he last appli ueing m; ■■ samples 
harvested. Off-flavor or off-odor of one or more of the fruits in the 
ited lots was reported in 18 percent of the comparisons, but onl ;. 
few of them were said to be objectionable. Only two persons are known 
to have distinguished between all treated and untreated fruits. One of 
these persons has had considerable taste-panel experien* e. He stated 
that the off-flavor probably would not be . the averag> on. 
Lindane has been used extensively in re ••ars on commercial 
■ntings of fresh market cucumbei s in th< f Charleston, S. I . 
No complaints of an < Lonable odor or taste of the fruits have come 
to our ion. We understand that similar conditions ha\ ed 
in southeastern States. It is possible that off-fla .e 
use of lindane may be more pronounced when the cuci. -;ed 
when they are small, as usually is done I . 
Sir • toes grown Ln soil I ith Lindane 
, kpatri< -. et, al. i 
hethei 
I sufficiently ;uent 
I Of pol . In 1 
I • Lumph, l • I Jobblei , Sebago, and 
D fine sandy loam soil m whi< h 
the fall ol i he pickleworm had beei 
•al of I l/4 
app: .1 
: eld in whicl 
in • 
BHC it in no 
