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Re: [nafex] Raspberry Insect Pest



Hi Ginda,

Do you have a relative who works for OMAFRA in Ontario?

I was following up on your post regarding raspberries and found a berry crop
consultant by the name of Pam Fisher, who works for OMAFRA.

You can find her email address at the bottom of this web page;

http://www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/crops/facts/88-063.htm#Disease and
Insect;

Our problem is raspberry bugs, which seem to live inside the raspberry, and
makes cleaning the picked berries a real chore.

Hope you get a good answer to your question.

Regards,
Tom



Ginda Fisher wrote:

> I have a small patch of raspberries and have had trouble with what I
> think is an insect.  A dark line appears around the cane, the end wilts,
> and if you grasp the two ends and apply pressure, the cane snaps off
> quite easily at the dark line.  It often shows up just as the flowers
> are opening, which is very depressing (both to my mood and the raspberry
> yield.)  I tried to control it last year by cutting all the canes to the
> ground in January, and removing all damaged canes during the growing
> season a couple of inches below the damage.  (If I just break off the
> dead part, the damage reappears a bit lower.)  This helped, but I still
> had a lot of lost crop.  What else should I do?
>
> The cultivar is from Miller, and is named something like "fall
> everbearing red raspberry".  I transplanted some from a friend a few
> miles away, where they were vigorous, fruitful, and tasty.
>
> Thanks,
> Ginda
>
> Eastern Massachusetts, zone 6

--
Thomas Olenio
Ontario, Canada
Hardiness Zone 6a