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Show County Agent Advises On Peach Root Borers Peach root borers have been the cause of many peach, cherry, cher-ry, apricot, an plum trees dying in Salt Lake County, according to Melvin S. Burningham, as sistant county agent. The best time to treat for this borer is in the fall immediately after peach harvest. If you leave it until spring the bore has been working all winter and weakened the tree to the extent ex-tent other pests or diseases move in and finish killing the tree. Ethylene Dichloride sion the material that is Wcl to treat for peach root borers is very inexpeswe and can lie purchased at most any store handling spray chemicals or chemical companies. In using this materia! follow directions found on the container. |