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crop during harvest. This is reflected<br />
in the “rejects” column, but is not<br />
insect damage. Thus, the argument<br />
that “I spray for worms” or “I don’t<br />
have worm damage so I don’t need<br />
to winter sanitize mummies” may<br />
still result in high rejects. It is not<br />
uncommon to see orchards with 50 to<br />
200 mummies per tree the following<br />
season. This is particularly an issue<br />
with Butte/Padre blocks. Butte/Padre<br />
lots have been seen with high reject<br />
levels where all the damage is “last<br />
year’s nuts” and there is zero insect<br />
damage.<br />
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