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Show ONLY FOUR DISEASED DISEASEDPFACII DISEASEDPFACII DISEASEDPFACH PFACII TREES FOUNDOnh FOUND FOUro.D FOUroD FOUNDOnii . Onl Onh Onii ) four infected mfected trees were werefound werefound found in OMoab IMoab oichards Olchards la last lastweek lastweek week dur ng the second peach peachmosaic peachmosaic mOSaiC mspec inspection lon for the pres present present present ent season Two federal and fIve fIvestate fivestate fivestate state inspectors mspectors made a close closesurvey closesurvey closesurvey survey of all trees in m the valley valleyaccordmg valleyaccording valleyaccording accordmg according to Blame C Taylor Taylorstate Taylorstate Taylorstate state entomologist A total ot 01 ot12 12 503 trees were examined e\.ammed e.ammed e .ammed ammed ' \ . and andfour andI J andJ four diseased trees on threeI threeproperties threeproperties three [ properties were found and el ci m mmated mmated m'mated mmated m'matedIn I ' mated matedIn In his report CO\ CO eo co-Bering co Bering COermg \ - ermg ering the m in mspectlOn inspection inspection spectlOn spection Mr Taylor said sald The TheI Thetrees Thetrees Thetrees trees were in m fairly good cond condi condition condition ] I tlOn tion and out in 111 full leaf The TheI Thema3Orit Themajority I maJort ma3Orit ] ) of the trees showed showedfrom showedfrom showedfrom from slight to heavy leaf dam damage damage damage age caused by wind wmd wluppmg whipping wluppmgThere whippingThere whippingThere There has been a very heavy m in mfestatlon infestation infestation festatlon festation of aphid in m the Moab MoabdIstrIct Moabdistrict Moabdistrict dIstrIct this icar , ear Damage to totrees totrees totrees trees has been severe In most mostcases mostcases mostcases cases spraying spraymg has been done doneThere doneThere doneThere There are a few-mostly few mostly few - mostly home - ' ! has -these these - not been carried carned out out In Inthese Inthesecases thesecases thesecases cases the damage is so severe severethat severethat severethat that the trees probably will not notproduce notproduce notproduce produce a fruit crop this year yearI yearDue yearDue yearDue I Due to the increased aphid pop populatlon population population ulatlon ulation the glowers m in the dls dis district distnct trlct trict have become concerned as asto asto to whether there ma > ) be an m in mcrease increase increase crease in peach mosaic next nextyear nextyear nextyear year These growers feel that thatI thatthe thatthe I dlsI the aphid may spread the dls dis dlsease disease disease I ease from the few wild plum plumtrees plumtrees plumtrees trees which are coming commg back backfrom backfrom backfrom from old roots or trees that thathave thathave thathave have not been completely eradl eradi eradlcated eradicated eradicated cated The fact of the mcreased increased mcreasedaphid increasedaphid increasedaphid aphid injury mJury and re growth of ofthe ofthe ofthe the wild plums appears to be bedue bedue bedue due to the lack of suffICIent suffICIentspray sufficientspray sufficientspray spray equipment to properly properlytake properlytake properlytake take care of the spraying spra mg ing problems prob problems problems lems in m the district Slight tWIg tWIgborer twigborer twigborer borer damage has also been beennoted beennoted noted |