. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. ^They'll eat anything hut harhed wire' By ELIZABETH G. CARPENTER Philip Marucci, research professor and extension specialist in cranberry and blueberry cultivation at the Qiatsworth () Research Center, says he found gypsy moth larvae in every blueberry field he surveyed this spring. But he described the situation for both cranberries and blue- berries as "tenuous" and cautioned growers to "play it by ; Half jokingly, he said: "Gypsy moth larvae-they'U eat anything but barbed ; MARUCCI foun
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. ^They'll eat anything hut harhed wire' By ELIZABETH G. CARPENTER Philip Marucci, research professor and extension specialist in cranberry and blueberry cultivation at the Qiatsworth () Research Center, says he found gypsy moth larvae in every blueberry field he surveyed this spring. But he described the situation for both cranberries and blue- berries as "tenuous" and cautioned growers to "play it by ; Half jokingly, he said: "Gypsy moth larvae-they'U eat anything but barbed ; MARUCCI found in one field six egg masses in one blueberry bush, with an average of one per two bushes. With 1,320 bushes planted per acre, the estimated number of egg masses in the defoliation a certainty, the number found in blueberry bushes could be devastating. While the voracious larvae were sighted mostly in the blossom bells (corolla) of small, immature bushes, rooted cuttings and nursery plants, Marucci noted no significant damage had occurred on mature bushes as of acre was 660. Since foresters consider 500 egg masses per acre high with •••••••••••*••••••. Since 1933 Members of the SI PC fGage-Wiley 8c Co., Inc. STOCKS & BONDS Village Landing, Plymouth, Mass. 02361 Two blocks south of Cranberry World 617-746-3322 Call Ton Free in Mass 1-800-242-0263 •••••**••••••••••• A MOST COMPLETE INVENTORY OF IRRIGATION ACCESSORIES MRCH/H0Nr. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Portland, CT [etc. ] : Taylor Pub. Co. [etc. ]
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