Cl4-L*ncaster Farming, Saturday. March 7, 1992
SPARTANSBURG (Crawford
Co.) —The 31 st annual meeting of
the Northwest Maple Producers’
Association was held at the Spar
tansburg Fire Hall recently.
President Dave Livingston wel
comed producers and gave open
ing remarks with speaker
introductions.
The featured speaker of the day
was Russ Walters, research fores
ter, principal silviculturist Russ
presented a slide show on “Gypsy
Moth in the Sugar Bush.”
Russ started off with how the
gypsy moth originated back in
1869, brought over from Europe to
develop a silkworm. Today the
gypsy moth has affected areas
from Maine to Pennsylvania.
Russ went over the various oak
frees the moth prefers. The maple
tree is not the most preferred spe
cies, but it is intermediate with a 5
percent mortality rate. Next he
went over the four stages of com
plete metamorphosis of the gypsy
moth, those being egg, larva, pupa
and adult stages, along with what
month each takes place.
Russ noted the adult moths do
not feed and that only the males
fly. A healthy egg mass is the size
of a quarter. The gypsy moth
spread with the wind and are one to
two inches in length, fuzzy and
hairy with a yellow head. Their
natural enemy is a virus.
There are other insects that
defoliate too, such as the forest tent
caterpillar, which is a problem in
New England. Russ said, “It never
hurts a maple tree not to be tapped
or only tap half as much.” A little
Pine Sol and water sprayed on egg
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Another defoliator discussed
was the Pear thrip and their life his
tory. Pear thrips are all females,
and sole purpose is regeneration.
They defoliate the frees, lower sap,
and hurt seed production and sugar
content in sap by damaging the
crowns. Plots and testing are being
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NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ.
Kenneth Porch received the Veget
able Integrated Pest Management
(IPM) Grower of the Year Award
from Rutgers Cooperative Exten
sion at the annual Atlantic City
meeting of the Vegetable Growers
Association of New Jersey.
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Donald J. Prostak, extension spe
cialist in pest management, in
appreciation and recognition of the
vegetable grower who best exem
plifies the adoption, practice, and
support of the vegetable IPM
program.
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Sugar bush management, sap
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growers maintain the quality of
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deeper crowns and benefit their
growth.
John Deets, producer from
Titusville, then gave a Farm Show
report, noting the prices of syrup,
with gallons selling for $35.
Northwest Association look sec
ond place with their exhibit. Deets
Sugar House was awarded the pre
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Joyce Pierce, secretary of the
Downtown Business Association
Kenneth Porch, left, of Pedrlcktown, N.J., receives the
Rutgers Cooperative Extension IPM Grower of the Year
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