By M.H. Citt BENDERVILLE - Adams County fruit growers heard a report last Wednesday evening from Larry Hull, assistant professor of Entomology at Penn State, warning of one “of the biggest years we’ve seen for the Tufted Apple Bud Moth.” “We saw a large number of second generation moths last year,” Hull noted, “That increase can be seen in this season’s first generation. “Last year, the highest trap count we had for the first generation was 100. This year the number has jumped to 175 in one trap and 200 in another which means we will probably see more second generation moths.” According to Hull, the second generation inflicts more damage because the moths eat the fruit, while the first generation feeds on the leaves. He told the growers that to knock down the number of first generation moths will require more water in the spray to reach the insects. But he admitted, this may not be sufficient because the moths can be living on other hosts outside the orchards. The second generation will start about August 10 and peak around August 29 and end about the first week of September. To cbmbat the second generation, Hull recom mended the growers use the best w Kraiburg Happy Moo Mats IDEAL FOR EVERY FREE OR TIE STALL BARN For new free and tie stall barns, mats can be cemented in concrete. For existing barns, mats can be anchored on top of concrete. Adams fruit growers hear insect, disease reports selection of chemicals they can with more water to penetrate to the fruit clusters and shorten the in tervals between spraying. Another feature of the fruit growers meeting which was held at the Flying Hill Farm of the Sunny View Fruit Orchard, was Ex tension Agricultural Engineer Donald Daum who demonstrated sprayer calibration. Daum urged the growers to check their sprayers’ actual output by filling the sprayer and going over an area of ground and seeing how much water it takes to refill the tank. “This will give you the in formation you need so you don’t over or under spray,” Daum noted “Just normal wear on the aper tures will affect the amount of water coming out and large openings may not atomize the solution to give a fine spray. ’ ’ He also reminded the group to remember the number of square feet in an acre and to find out how many trees they have per acre. “If you know that there is 43,560 square feet in an acre and the space between the trees and the 'distance between the rows you can find the number of trees in an acre.” Daum then calibrated two sprayers by filling them up and operating them over two-tenths of an acre, then seeing how much was Why are you so happy? SIZES AVAILABLE 36x60 35x65 39x65 39x69 42x60 42x72 42x84 43x59 ' i x^gß r ' >r 43x65 43x69 48x60 48x65 48x72 54x65 54x72 needed to refill the equipment. Both were within ten percent of normal. One was estimated to be putting down 20 gallons per acre and the other was approximately 75 gallons. The test showed actual use to bp over 17 gallons and 80 gallons respectively. Before the meeting the members toured the farm owned by Fremont Kuntz. The farm has over 400 acres of apple trees and 35 acres of pear trees. During the tour, Fremont pointed out his EM7A semi-dwarf apple trees, which only grow two thirds as tall as normal trees. He told the growers he has not lost a new tree this year and gave credit to good tramping of the soil around the roots and spraying Tluram the first two years to keep deer away. Other speakers at the meeting included Richard Stouffer on nematode sampling and types of nematicides. The best time to collect samples for testing, he explained, is May and June or September and October when the ground is moist. Samples should be sent to the laboratory as soon as possible because the nematodes must be alive for analysis. “I also can help make recommendations, if you tell me the types of trees being grown in the soil and how old they are,” added Stouffer. Concerning nematicides, Stouffer noted fumigants penetrate My boss just hadVANCO SALES deliver and install HAPPY i MOOMATS. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ■ VANCO SALES PSS!1 1 IRD 4. Box 300 | Carlisle, PA 17013 HKStTjfl | | Phone - 717-776-3494 ■ ■ Please send free sample & installation m instructions * I Name ■ | Address g I I i Phone I soil and are generally more ef fective than contact nematicides. But no fumigant-type nematicides have been approved for use on living trees. Only contact nematicides can be used in established orchards, and only on non-bearing trees. He noted that other states have an emergency permit to use fumigents on bearing trees, but Pennsylvania does not have that approval. A reminder to watch out for fungi was expressed by Kenneth Hickey, professor of Plant Pathology at Penn State. He noted he had observed cases of apple scab and it’s starting to spread due Australian conservationist SPOKANE, Wash. - The Soil Conservation Society of America presented its Hugh Hammond Bennett Award to R. Geoffrey Downes, retired director of con servation and permanent head of the Victoria Ministry of Con servation, Eaglemont, Victoria, Australia, last Thursday evening. Society President Robert C. Baum of Salem, Oregon, presented the award to Downes at a banquet concluding the conservation organization’s 36th annual meeting held here this week. 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