It's pretty clear that insects enjoy fruit just as much as humans do, and pears are no exception. Pear orchards are typically sprayed about nine times during the growth-to-harvest cycle to kill mites, moths, scale, fruitworms and fruit flies. Fungicides, herbicides and petroleum oils are also sprayed on pear orchards to control weeds and diseases. More than 50 chemicals, including several organophosphates, are approved for use on pear crops.
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Excerpted from To Buy or Not To Buy Organic, copyright 2007 by Cindy Burke. Used by permission of Avalon Publishing Group.All Rights Reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced except with permission in writing from the publisher.
