. The encyclopedia of practical horticulture; a reference system of commercial horticulture, covering the practical and scientific phases of horticulture, with special reference to fruits and vegetables;. Gardening; Fruit-culture; Vegetable gardening. Pig. 1. Prune and Peach Root Borer; 1, lar- vae in burrows taken from peach tree; 2, cocoon pupal case and adult. (Original) in starting their burrows. The majority of the larvae work below the surface of the soil before entering the bark and will always enter an old burrow if one is handy. In rare instances larvae may be found working in the tru
. The encyclopedia of practical horticulture; a reference system of commercial horticulture, covering the practical and scientific phases of horticulture, with special reference to fruits and vegetables;. Gardening; Fruit-culture; Vegetable gardening. Pig. 1. Prune and Peach Root Borer; 1, lar- vae in burrows taken from peach tree; 2, cocoon pupal case and adult. (Original) in starting their burrows. The majority of the larvae work below the surface of the soil before entering the bark and will always enter an old burrow if one is handy. In rare instances larvae may be found working in the trunk and larger branches. Under the bark the larvae work upward or downward and may work up the trunk as far as twelve to sixteen inches, eating away all of the sapwood. One tree may have as many as seventy borers working on it at one time. Apparently the larvae feed at random, as there is no regular shape to the burrow; they may be long, wide, narrow, large or. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lowther, Granville, ed; Worthington, William, 1871-. North Yakima, Wash. , The Encyclopedia of Horticulture Corporation
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