Quince cultureAn illustrated hand-book for the propagation and cultivation of the quince with descriptions of its varieties, insect enemies, diseases, and their remedies . s but onebrood a year, but in the South there is often a brood inJune and another in August. These caterpillars feed onthe quince, apple, pear, and a good many other trees andshrubs. They attain their full growth in about threemonths, when they separate to seek places of conceal-ment, where they pupate in thin and almost transparentcocoons, in which they remain through the winter aschrysalids. The full-grown caterpillar is o
Quince cultureAn illustrated hand-book for the propagation and cultivation of the quince with descriptions of its varieties, insect enemies, diseases, and their remedies . s but onebrood a year, but in the South there is often a brood inJune and another in August. These caterpillars feed onthe quince, apple, pear, and a good many other trees andshrubs. They attain their full growth in about threemonths, when they separate to seek places of conceal-ment, where they pupate in thin and almost transparentcocoons, in which they remain through the winter aschrysalids. The full-grown caterpillar is over an inchlong, with a slender body. Their general color is gray,with a tinge of greenish-yellow. Trees defoliate! by 110 QUIlN^CE CULTURE. tliem are likely to be barren, because it is too late toform new foliage with fruit buds. Remedy.—Gather and destroy tliem in their Spined Soldier-bug (Podisus spinosus, Dallas) piercestheir bodies with its beak, and sucks them empty. Thereare birds that pierce their webs and destroy them inspite of their concealment. 11. The Bag-Worm, Basket-Worm, or Drop-Worm{Tliyrido2)teryx e2)liemer(Bformis, Haw).—The bag-worm.
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