. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals. Gardening; Vegetable gardening; Fruit-culture. THE PEACH TREE BORER 215 sloping sides and is used abundantly for the bulk of peaches shipped to market from many peach sections. These are used by some growers for packing the third grade or poorest fruit. The covers are made of wood and protect the fruit well when shipped. ENEMIES. The San Jose scale is very destructive to the peach orchard. It is prevalent in all parts of the country, and attacks nearly all kinds of fruit trees and shrubs, and is very serious on many forms of shade and o
. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals. Gardening; Vegetable gardening; Fruit-culture. THE PEACH TREE BORER 215 sloping sides and is used abundantly for the bulk of peaches shipped to market from many peach sections. These are used by some growers for packing the third grade or poorest fruit. The covers are made of wood and protect the fruit well when shipped. ENEMIES. The San Jose scale is very destructive to the peach orchard. It is prevalent in all parts of the country, and attacks nearly all kinds of fruit trees and shrubs, and is very serious on many forms of shade and ornamental plants. Figures 144 and 145 show the insect. The pest is not so serious that it requires the destruction of the trees by man, as meth- ods of control are now well understood. Thor- ough spraying in the winter with lime-sulfur or with miscible oil will usually keep this pest in check. We can never get rid of the insect en- tirely, but the annual spraying is beneficial for other purposes, and the extra cost of the battle due to the presence of the scale is very slight. The trees should be sprayed very thoroughly just after the winter pruning is completed. Select a warm, bright day in winter and spray thoroughly from top to bottom of the tree. Let no spot be skipped. If the scale is very severe two sprayings may be necessary. The first spraying may be applied in the late fall or early winter just after the leaves have dropped. At this time use the miscible oil. See Chapter XXV. The next spraying can be with lime-sulfur. This should be completed before the buds begin to swell in the spring. The peach tree borer is a serious pest in nearly all orchards. It bores in the soft wood near the surface of the ground, sometimes several inches underground, and sometimes as much as a foot or so above ground. It attacks trees of all stone Fig. 143.—Two styles of packing peaches in Georgia carriers. Diagonal pack at left, popular with dealers. Flat and tight pack at right,
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