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Show Protection Measures Suggested For Gardeners PROTECT BEANS AND TOMATOES FROM INSECTS Laramie Beans and tomatoes are suffering plenty throughout the growing regions, and the insects responsible, respectively, are the Mexican bean beetles and tomato hornworms and fruitworms, reveals T. E. Robb, entomologist of the Wyoming Agricultural Extension Service. Copper-colored insects with 16 black spots on wing covers, oval-shaped oval-shaped and about one-fourth inch long, the beetles feed by chewing on the under-surface of leaves. The yellow spiny larvae do most of the damage. Apply .75 or one percent RO-TENONE RO-TENONE dust or spray of three tablespoons of fiive percent RO-TENONE RO-TENONE powder in one gallon of water to combat the beetles, Robb recommends. Treatment must be repeated three or four times at seven-ten day intervals. Cover undersides of leaves thoroughly. thor-oughly. Begin treatment when first egg masses can be found. Adult beetles and the spiny yellow yel-low larvae "skeletonize" the undersides of leaves. Tomatoes are attacked by hornworms, which are large green worms with seven or eight white stripes on each side and slender horn at end of body feeding mostly on leaves and blossoms and fruitworms, which are plump greasy, greenish green-ish or brownish, striped worms that bore into fruit and eat out cavities. When tomato hornworms occur, hand-picking will usually require less time than dusting or spraying, .Robb says. Dusting lightly with five percent DDT dust gives very satisfactory control. or tomoto fruitworm, when ripening fruit must be protected use one percent ROTENONE or five percent DDT dust and wash the tomatoes before using. Commercial garden dusts are available to fight both insects. |