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| ENEMY |
DAMAGE |
CONTROL |
| Apple (cont.) |
| Apple red bug |
Leaves puckered with |
Add nicotine to petal fall |
| |
small, dark spots; fruit |
spray. |
| |
deformed. |
|
| Plum curculio |
Small white grubs in |
Use codling moth sprays. |
| |
fruit, which drops. |
|
| Apple maggot |
Worms entering apples |
Special sprays in July: |
| |
in summer, brown tunnels |
lead arsenate or DDT. |
| |
in fruit. |
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THERE ARE MANY APPLE PESTS IMPORTANT IN DIFFERENT SECTIONS. ASK YOUR COUNTY AGENT FOR A SPRAY SCHEDULE WITH LATEST RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOUR OWN LOCALITY
| Arborvitae |
| Bagworm |
Small bags hanging on |
Cut off bags; spray with |
| |
twigs, black and white |
lead arsenate in early |
| |
caterpillars. |
June. |
| Leaf miner |
Tips of twigs whitened |
DDT, but add a miticide. |
| |
or light tan. |
|
| Mites |
Foliage yellow or brown, |
Spray with Aramite or |
| |
dusty with fine webs. |
Ovotran. |
| Scales |
Brown, hemispherical |
Summer oil or Malathon. |
| |
shells. |
|
| Arborvitae |
Brown, with white bloom; |
Contact sprays. |
| aphid |
in South; copius honeydew. |
|
| Arborvitae |
Metallic green snout |
DDT or lindane. |
| weevil |
beetle. |
|
| Ash |
| Borers-ash, li- |
Large tunnels in wood. |
Treat trunk, limbs with |
| lac, carpenter |
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DDT; inject carbon bisul- |
| worm |
|
fide in holes. |
| Scale insects |
Shells on bark. |
Dormant oil spray. |
| Fall webworm |
Webs over ends of bran- |
Spray with lead arsenate or |
| |
ches. |
DDT. |
| Ash bug, ash |
Loss of color in foliage. |
Spray with lindane. |
| lace bug |
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Garden Plants and Their Problems
