. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. Insects Ivjiirioiis lo tlic CJieni/. 191 The pn[ial stane is found to last Irnm tweiily-oue to twenty- five (lavs. riie seiMjml , â¢\vliicli mainly occui's in Si'iitenilier, lay tlieir egus ill a similar manner, and the ]ar\'a' remain feeding nnder the bark all the winter. They eomnienci' to pujjate ahont the odtli of April, and finish by the second week in iMay. ]]ut in 190G there were still larva.' on the ll!th of ^lay. dust previi:iu^ to hatching the puiK
. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. Insects Ivjiirioiis lo tlic CJieni/. 191 The pn[ial stane is found to last Irnm tweiily-oue to twenty- five (lavs. riie seiMjml , â¢\vliicli mainly occui's in Si'iitenilier, lay tlieir egus ill a similar manner, and the ]ar\'a' remain feeding nnder the bark all the winter. They eomnienci' to pujjate ahont the odtli of April, and finish by the second week in iMay. ]]ut in 190G there were still larva.' on the ll!th of ^lay. dust previi:iu^ to hatching the puiKO force their way oiU: of the harlv and the moths escape. L'REVKXTlnX ANH i;XT. Prevention may pussifdy be carried ijut hy smearing trees in infested orchards, at the time the moths are aliout, with some noxious mixture. Cow-dung or clav and lime would nrake a good mixture ;. a L;nod smearing' of grease, if a pure sample is olitained, might hr similarly used. ~Sh-. Levy's plan of thickly coating the stems with pitch has been found to do no harm to the trees, and has certainh' reiluced the numbers of the insect. A -ood brushing or painting with arsenate of lead and clav might kill the caterpillars eating m or out nf the trunk if put on thickl>'.* If only a few trees are attacked the larva- niav b,. killed by cutting into the tunnels with a knife or probing with a .stitt' Avire. Eefeekxces. (ll F. V. .Ti-iurii;il Bdard of Agriculture, p. IB-"" llS97l. (O) St,.,iiituii, H. T. -A ^f^oiuat of llritisli I'.utterlties uud Moths,' vol. .,. '241 |1S,-,0|. (?)1 ', ]'. â Insects to Foresters, Fruit Growers ;ina Ganleuers,' ilaig. ). p. -im (lS4(li. * This has been tried Mr. Honeybull of Teyuliaiu, but fouud to do no 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 resemb
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