. Amateur fruit growing. A practical guide to the growing of fruit for home use and the market. Written with special reference to colder climates. Fruit-culture. THB APPLE. stormy weather, and usually when not feeding. They generally come out of their nest once in the morning and once in the after-. Fic, liZ.—Early stages of Orchard Tent Caterpillar, a, h. Uaterpillars resting on tent-like nest, c, ring of tike egg Tnass on twig; d^ cocoon, noon to feed. They are very voracious, and soon strip the infested tree of its foliage. They change to moths (Fig. 64) in June and soon commence laying egg
. Amateur fruit growing. A practical guide to the growing of fruit for home use and the market. Written with special reference to colder climates. Fruit-culture. THB APPLE. stormy weather, and usually when not feeding. They generally come out of their nest once in the morning and once in the after-. Fic, liZ.—Early stages of Orchard Tent Caterpillar, a, h. Uaterpillars resting on tent-like nest, c, ring of tike egg Tnass on twig; d^ cocoon, noon to feed. They are very voracious, and soon strip the infested tree of its foliage. They change to moths (Fig. 64) in June and soon commence laying eggs. Remedy.—The tents are readily seen. They should be destroyed early in the season when the worms are within them. The egg masses are also readily seen against a cloudy sky, and are easily gathered and destroyed. ^W- ^—Moth of Orchard TeiU Caterpillar. The foliage may be poisoned with Paris green, used at the rate of one pound to two hundred gallons of water. The forest tent caterpillar, which has caused so much damage. 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 Green, Samuel B. (Samuel Bowdlear), 1859-1910. St. Paul, Minn. , Webb publishing company
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