Show Get Rid Now Of Borers Peach each borers should be dug dugout dugout out cut of the peach and apricot tre trees s now if there are any present according to Darrell Stokes Extension Agent in Davis County However trees properly treated last season should not have borers this time I of the year THE PRESENCE of borers is indicated by the amber color gum next to the tree trunk at ground level By cleaning the gum away some borers ma may be be visible others that are in the tunnels under the bark may be found and killed by probing with witha a small knife or wire re The borer is a cream colored colored colored col- col ored worm about one-half one inch long and has a brown head Affected Affected Affected Af Af- Af- Af trees may have one or more borers TREATMENT with chemicals this time of the year Is not ef ef- ef Proper treatment for peach borer should be made mad in early July and again In early August using DDT emulsion five tablespoonfuls per gallon of water or two teaspoonfuls of 18 Spray only the trunk and lower crotches of the tree Do not spray fruit with this mixture IF THE ABOVE treatment Is not applied treat the ground at atthe atthe atthe the base of the trees wi with th either crys crystals t tal a 1 s sor sor or ethylene dichloride emulsion about the middle of September Follow Instructions on the label by amount per tree Peach and a apricot p r i cot trees should be treated every year Mr Stokes advised lk Ik |