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  • From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Medlars as pest free fruit
  • Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:02:11 -0800

That sounds like codling moth, but why would they attack there and not here? You must have the tough strain there.
-Lon Rombough
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On Nov 21, 2007, at 7:44 PM, Hector Black wrote:

Hi Lon, We've had worms in the blossom end, sometimes almost half the
fruits are spoiled. No sure which critter it is either, a whitish grub.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Hector Black zone 6 middle TN
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:39:12 -0800, "Lon J. Rombough"
<lonrom@hevanet.com> said:
In connection with the discussion on medlars a while back I've been
checking my own and those of a couple other sources and have noted that
around here in Oregon the fruits seem to be free of insect pests. No
codling moth, no apple maggot or any other insect of pome fruits seems
to bother them. That's probably related to the hard, astringent "non
bletted" flesh. I'd like to hear from others growing medlars to know
if that holds true elsewhere.



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