Luther Burbank’s Contributions to Walnuts

Martin Luther King Jr . Celebration To Explore Environmental Justice

c o n t i n u E D o n p a g E E i g h t We have all come across them throughout the winter; lonely lost gloves — lumps of cotton, wool or leather — that lay on the sidewalk or on the bus stop seat. Until now, most were lost to their owners forever. Jennifer Gooch, a graduate student in the School of Art, has created a way for those of us who find those lost gloves to return them to their rightf...

Bad for Business: Luther Against the Papacy

This paper analyzes Martin Luther’s criticism of increasingly corrupt church practices, including, the papacy’s granting of indulgences, the promotion of pilgrimage, the preservation and exploitation of relics, the cult of saints, and the belief in saintly intercession. I will examine how Luther’s critiques of these practices were expressed in the religious propaganda that circulated during thi...

Weed Control in Walnuts

Annual and perennial weed control trials were retreatedin Butte, Solano and Yolo counties. The diversified locations continue to provide a vital basis for applicable information on walnut tree tolerance to herbicides and on weed control efficacy. Herbicidal control of a wide spectrum of annual or perennial grass and broadleaf plants has been evaluated for the winter and summer periods of 1980. ...

Carpenterworm Management in Walnuts

Research into practical control methods for carpenterworm, Prionoxystus robiniae (Peck), a large wood boring larva, was continued. Observations indicate this pest primarily attacks older trees of the Hartley variety that are infected with deep bark canker, a stress-related bacterial disorder. Carpenterworm (CW) also attacks the Franquette variety. Hartley orchards with substantial deep bark can...

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