A3B-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 3,2001 Moratorium (continued fFrom Page A 1) “We need the help of every one in the quarantine zone backyard fruit growers, home owners, renters, businesses, and commercial growers to help eradicate this fruit tree disease so that the huge economic losses being experienced by the fruit industry are not in vain,” Hayes said. “Plum pox virus is an ex tremely serious threat to the stone fruit industry of Pennsyl vania, and it is our goal at the Department of Agriculture to help lead the fight to eradicate this virus. The planting of plum pox virus-susceptible trees and shrubs anywhere in the quaran tine area would make additional host material available for virus infection and jeopardize the op portunity to eradicate the virus.” X High Quality X Affordable Prices X Saves feed by keeping feed off the ground X High yield steel tube construction Call Us For Your Nearest Dealer! LEBANON VALLEY ENTERPRISES, INC. 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