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Keywords: apple culture and pest control in the United States, insect and mite records over an 8-year period after insecticide usage was discontinued, pesticide usage on apple by quantity by pesticide group, historical trends of insect and mite pest control on apple in North America, research literature on the codling moth from 1875-1974 excluding those having chemical control as the dominant theme, history of IPM on apple, the FSF/EPA supported pome and stone fruit subproject, the FSF/EPA supported pome and stone fruit project, major integrated mite control programs on apple in North America 1967-77