Virginia Cooperative Extension ServiceRobinson, William H.Chappell, William E.2019-02-272019-02-271981-02http://hdl.handle.net/10919/87935Growing fruits in the home orchard or garden can be an interesting and satisfying hobby as well as an abundant source of appetizing and nutritious food for the home gardener. Tree fruits as well as small fruits require considerable care. They differ considerably in the amount of care required because of the severity of disease and insect attacks as well as competition from weeds and the length of time from bloom to harvest of the many fruit varieties. As a rule of thumb, the flowers and fruit of most fruit varieties should be protected from diseases and insects by protective sprays from pre-early-blossom time until harvest. Therefore...Disease and insect control / Charles R. Drake, Robert L. Horsburgh -- Weed control / C.L. Foy, N.K. Rogers23 pagesapplication/pdfen-USVirginia Cooperative Extension materials are available for public use, re-print, or citation without further permission, provided the use includes credit to the author and to Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, and Virginia State University.LD5655.A761 P4Fruit -- Diseases and pests -- Control -- VirginiaExtension publication