Manual of agriculture, for the school, the farm, and the fireside . CUBCOUO.—APPLE-TREE BOBEB. 223 ^ Fig. apple and other fruit, and cause it to fall off. fhe windfalls should be picked up often and given to swine, or if convenient, the swine may be turned into the orchard to pick them up. The grub will thus be prevented from going into the ground. Old clotlis may also be tied in the crotches of the limbs of fruit trees. The worms take refuge in them and may be killed. 797. The curculio, (Figs. 60 and61, the small line between themshowing the natural size,) does muchinjury, attacking the
Manual of agriculture, for the school, the farm, and the fireside . CUBCOUO.—APPLE-TREE BOBEB. 223 ^ Fig. apple and other fruit, and cause it to fall off. fhe windfalls should be picked up often and given to swine, or if convenient, the swine may be turned into the orchard to pick them up. The grub will thus be prevented from going into the ground. Old clotlis may also be tied in the crotches of the limbs of fruit trees. The worms take refuge in them and may be killed. 797. The curculio, (Figs. 60 and61, the small line between themshowing the natural size,) does muchinjury, attacking the plum particu-larly. Fruit bitten by it may bedistinguished by a little crescent-shaped mark, and should be collected Fig- so. Fig. burned. If sheets be laid under the trees, and thetrees then be shaken, the insects will fall into the sheetsand may be put into hot water. If chickens in coops bekept under the trees in summer, they will destroy immensenumbers, as do the small birds also; toads and bats toodo good service in this way. 798. The apple-treeborer, (Fig. 62,) withits larva, (Fig. 63,) isrui
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