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Show BATTLE NEEDED FOR NEW INSECT One attack a year will dispose of most insect pests, but not the oriental peach moth. Fall, early spring and summer battles are necessary to combat com-bat the oriental peach moth, entomologists entomolo-gists at the Ohio State university say on the basis of experiments in New Jersey, Maryland and renusylvania. Brought into this country lifteen ot twenty years ago. t lie insect became established first in the District of Columbia, Co-lumbia, Maryland and Virginia. Now it has spread north and south along the Atlantic coast from Connecticut to (leorgia and westward to Texas and Ohio. The three measures necessary to check tiie oriental peach moth are outlined out-lined by Ohio entomologists us follows fol-lows : 1. Since many of the insects live over winter at or near the base of the tree, a fall application of paradichloro benzene as recommended for the peach-tree borer is advisable. 2. Since many of the insects over winter under leaves, grass, weeds and iu and on mummied fruit beneath the tree, thorough and early spring cultivation cul-tivation before the moths have emerged'is necessary. J. In combating the insect during the growing season, spray of 40-per cent nicotine at the rate of 1-SUO dilution di-lution should be used alone, or can be added to fungicidal sprays of lime-sulphur lime-sulphur or "dry mix." New Jersey recommends rec-ommends six applications, beginning at the time of the shuck-split sptay, and then at two, four, seven, nine and eleven weeks. |