June 16, 1997

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.– Heavy spring rains have washed away some of East Tennessee tomato growers profits, a University of Tennessee plant specialist said Monday. Dr. Alvin Rutledge of the UT Extension Service said heavier than usual rainfall over the area delayed harvest of early tomatoes and postponed planting of later varieties.  Growers will have a tomato

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Conditions may be right for mosquitoes to bug Tennesseans even more than usual this summer, a University of Tennessee entomologist said Monday.  Dr. Reid Gerhardt of UT’s Agricultural Extension Service said rainfall, warming temperatures, cutbacks in control programs and a new species may add up to equal more mosquito problems.  “The conditions