. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. Iihsfcls, etc., to tltc Penr. 333 first they avo wliite, Imt liecomu greenish wlieii lialf ,^ri)WD, witii a darlver green dnrsal line. Tliere are limr pairs of cnrinus lateral prneesses. Leni^tli when matirre about [ inch. When mature tliey crawl nul nf the leaves, and in August and .September the\' spin a cocoon in various crevices on the trees and even on the soil. The cocoons, of pure white silk, are pointed at each end, and are edged with loose wliit
. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. Iihsfcls, etc., to tltc Penr. 333 first they avo wliite, Imt liecomu greenish wlieii lialf ,^ri)WD, witii a darlver green dnrsal line. Tliere are limr pairs of cnrinus lateral prneesses. Leni^tli when matirre about [ inch. When mature tliey crawl nul nf the leaves, and in August and .September the\' spin a cocoon in various crevices on the trees and even on the soil. The cocoons, of pure white silk, are pointed at each end, and are edged with loose wliite threads ; there may he a distinct ridge ah3ng the middle. The pale brown ])upa is somewhat flattened. The insect renniius in this stage all the winter. Besides ap[ile and pear, this Tineid also occurs on sloe, hawthorn and mountain I'li;. -}V.).—I': 'iAi' :\inTH {Ceil,inHlMH,( X,-il,'ll,l). I'KEVEXTIDX AND ^I At present there is little that can he said under tliis heading. Mr. Hart found spraying with paraffin and soft soap of no use, fiut he wrote to me tliat, after using arsenate of lead, " th(_' attack has not beerr Ijad, though alter the creature has got between the two Livers of the leaf, 1 venture to think it is safe. " liut just before the egg is deposited on the back of the leaf, and especially if still there, I think it is ; As soon as the little moths are seen we should sijray with this wash. Heavy dressings of soot and lime under attacked trees has been found of service, and in gardens hand-picking the nrined leaves shouhl lie undertaken. JIkkeiiencks. (ll Tlicohald. F. r. Journal South Ivrstcru AgricnlturiiJ t' No. S, p. 21 (18991. ('2) Staintoii, (I. H. ' Natural Histury of the Tineiua,' vol. 1., [i. 328 (1855). lol Curtis, J. Gardeners' Chronicle, \-ol. I., p. 261. (4l Wcstumod, J. (). Gardeners' ^Magazine of Botany, ^-ol. lit. (5| (?oe,-je. ' Xatiuforsehr.,' vol. p. 62 (17751. (6| West i
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