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March/April 1989
 
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Apple lure shoot-out . Utah State University tests show that some commercially available apple-maggot lures (those red, sticky ball traps) last much longer than others. Ladd Research and Trece lures were effective for only four or five days. Great Lakes IPM and Consep Membranes (both AA and BH types) were long-term performers.

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West Coast gardeners will appreciate the evaluations and access listings in the 14-page booklet Vegetable Varieties for Home Gardeners (send a $1 check, payable to U.C. Regents, to University of California ANR Publications, 6701 San Pablo Ave., Oakland, CA 94608).... The 64-page compendium Make Compost in 14 Days is available free of charge from Organic Gardening, Dept. OG-14, 33 E. Minor St., Emmaus, PA 18098. . . . Over 1,000 rose varieties are briefly described and rated for quality in the 1989 Handbook for Selecting Roses (send $1 and an SASE to the American Rose Society, P.O. Box 30000, Shreveport, LA 71130).... For a free software catalogue that lists 58 horticultural and agricultural computer programs (each costs around $20), write the IFAS Software Support Office, University of Florida, Bldg. 1120, Room 203, Gainesville, FL 32611.

Editor's Note: Greg and Pat Williams raise most of their own food on a small farm and publish HortIdeas, a fine newsletter on gardening research and products (available for $15 a year from G. G. & P. Williams, Rt. 1, Box 302, Gravel Switch, KY 40328).

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