[NAFEX] Bagging Apples
Andrew Bell
acbell at iastate.edu
Thu Jun 9 12:22:58 EDT 2005
At 06:31 AM 6/9/2005, you wrote:
> I'm hoping that someone will answer Nate's question (below). I'd like to
>know too.
>
>Jim Fruth
>Brambleberry Farm
>Pequot Lakes, MN
>www.bberryfarm.com
>
>Nate's question:
>
>Does anyone know how bad a single plum
>curculio bite damages an apple? I've read that if the apple stays on the
>tree that the larvae die anyway because apples are too firm for them...but I
>wasn't going to waste time bagging it if it was already damaged.
I think the simple answer is, it depends. But I think that most of the
time the damage is enough to not make you want to mess with the apple at
maturity. Take a few of the PC damaged apples off the tree and cut them
open. I think you'll see that the damage is much more than superficial.
I hate Plum Curculio.
Cheers,
-- Andrew Bell
acbell at iastate.edu
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