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[Jwlehman@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/12/2010 9:11:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, nave1@comcast.net writes:

> Looking closely at the plants I noticed several greenish 
> gold black beetles about as big as the tip of finger and figured that 
> this is what was eating the leaves. The trees are still small 
> enough to do this without much effort, but it still takes time.  Any 
> suggestions

?

Spray with Sevin. Really works. 

Read the label for time periods between spraying and harvesting. 

Jerry