. Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . and August, evidentlyby the second winter is passed in thepupal stage in the foliage ortrash remaining on the —As injury is worstin late summer, earh plant-ings and early-maturing va-rieties are but little thorough destruction ofthe vines, foliage, and trashon the field after the crop issecured is of the utmost im-portance in controlling thisas well as other pests ofcucurbs, and may probablybe accomplished with thisspecies by deeply plowingunder the refuse. ProfessorA. L. Quaintance, to whomwe are indebted fo
. Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . and August, evidentlyby the second winter is passed in thepupal stage in the foliage ortrash remaining on the —As injury is worstin late summer, earh plant-ings and early-maturing va-rieties are but little thorough destruction ofthe vines, foliage, and trashon the field after the crop issecured is of the utmost im-portance in controlling thisas well as other pests ofcucurbs, and may probablybe accomplished with thisspecies by deeply plowingunder the refuse. ProfessorA. L. Quaintance, to whomwe are indebted for our knowl-edge of this pest, has found that the moths greatly prefer tooviposit on squash and that it may be successfully used as atrap-crop for the protection of other cucurbs. Rows of summersquash should be planted through the cucumber or melon fieldsas early as possible, the rows being planted every two weeks sothere will be flowers through July. The squash bloom, with thecontained larvse, must be collected and destroyed at frequent. Fig. 288.—Squash flower infestedwith pickle worms. (Photo byQuaintance.) 400 INSECT PESTS OF FARM, GARDEN AND ORCHARD intervals. Otherwise the squash will merely augment the injury, asthe larvae will migrate to the crop. Careful tests of this methodshowed almost complete protection to muskmelons. The use of
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