Show CM J I UTAn STAT I AGRICULTURE BOMB ECONOMIC Dy By Lawrence C. C Davis j County Agricultural Agent j This week marks the beginning f of ot another years year's fruit spraying Most of the larger peach growers growers grow grow- grow I ers have already put down their dormant of pre pink spray j I Orchard Ins Inspection to date indicates In IndIcates Indicates In- In a need for the following pt peach ach sprays Peaches should be sprayed Immediately before the blossoms open to control green peach aphis and twig borer Most Mos t people are familiar with th the e green peach aphis but the twig borer Is something that may need I explaining He is never seen unless unless un un- less you know what to loo look k for lor As soon as the leaves begin to grow In the spring this worm i works his way from the crotches of the tree where he has lIas spent the winter to the tender terminal al buds from which the first firs t leaves begin to grow As he eats eat s out the buds one after another r j down the twig and leaves dr dry y ry up and fall away leaving a dead and useless twig on which n no o fruit is produced the following year Unless this rascal is killed Inthe in inthe the pre-pink pre or dormant stage you have only one more shot at him bel before ore he really does you dirt When the peaches are arc ap approximately approximately approximately ap- ap proximately the size of a walnut the twig borer horer can again be con con- con l trolled Though of course It Is much harder to accomplish this I Inow now than at pre-blossom pre time Its It's pretty hard to time a spray I just right at this late stage to catch all the borers The reason to Is that after this rascal Tascal has gotten filled up try on n nice tender buds he hel drills himself a hole Inside the most convenient twig which Is always the one on which hes he's fedl feeding g and begins his pupation I period In other words from Just lust after the blossoms drop until the thep p peaches aches grow grew to walnut size lite this worm or larva as he Is properly called has changed into a moth t the he moth has deposited her eggs and the eggs have hatched Into o our ur old friend the twig borer I It t is at this time dime that you must catch him with your spray because be be- c cause ause as soon as he Is big enough t to o crawl he quickly drills a hole Into one of your prize hand land and there he is safe until another e er r year rolls around And all aU you have to show for your troubles Is Isa Isa isa a bunch of sickly looking trees and a batch of wormy peaches I These two pests the green peach aphis and the twig borer ore are easily controlled In the pre pre- pink stage with a spray of twp pounds of of 50 DD DDT T powder and one pound of 25 parathion powder mixed mix mix- mIx mIx-I ed edIf into gallons of water t If for some reason you missed I the pre-bloom pre spray or for some reason didn't get good control the aphis can be controlled with blackleaf 40 two teaspoons per gallon of water The twig borer lean can be controlled when the peaches ar are are approximately the theslie sl size slie e of a walnut with an application I tion uon of DDT two or three pounds I per gallons of ot water Next week Ill I'll give the latest on spraying apples and p pears U. U |