Quince cultureAn illustrated hand-book for the propagation and cultivation of the quince with descriptions of its varieties, insect enemies, diseases, and their remedies . fleshy, and tapering fromthe head to the tail. The round head is of a chestnut-brown color, horny, and polished. The jaws are quiteblack, and fitted to cut the fiber of wood much as it iscut in boring with an auger. The chrysalis is lightercolored than the larva, and is marked by transverse rowsof minute s])ines on the back, with a few at its extremity,which probably aid it in casting off its puioa skin. The 98 QUIKCE CULTUR
Quince cultureAn illustrated hand-book for the propagation and cultivation of the quince with descriptions of its varieties, insect enemies, diseases, and their remedies . fleshy, and tapering fromthe head to the tail. The round head is of a chestnut-brown color, horny, and polished. The jaws are quiteblack, and fitted to cut the fiber of wood much as it iscut in boring with an auger. The chrysalis is lightercolored than the larva, and is marked by transverse rowsof minute s])ines on the back, with a few at its extremity,which probably aid it in casting off its puioa skin. The 98 QUIKCE CULTURE. insect, in all its stages, will be readily recognized by theaccompanying illustrations. During the months of May and June this beetleemerges through a round hole, having completed all itschanges from the egg to the imago. It comes out in thenight, and hides during the day among the leaves, whichare now its food. The sexes pair at night, after whichthe female deposits her eggs in the bark at the collar ofthe tree. The eggs are the size of a small pin-head, andmay be looked for from May till August. Their entirelife history embraces about three years. Within about. i; ^1^i
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