. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS. 209 and also the spores of some serious fungous diseases. On small areas it is practicable to crush by hand the insects in the rolled leaves. The Strawberry Weevil {Anthonomus signatus) is a little snout-beetle, measuring only a tenth of an inch in length (Fig. 277), which deposits an egg in a strawberry bud and then punctures or cuts the stem below it (Fig. 278) in such a way that in a few days the bud drops to the ground. Within
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS. 209 and also the spores of some serious fungous diseases. On small areas it is practicable to crush by hand the insects in the rolled leaves. The Strawberry Weevil {Anthonomus signatus) is a little snout-beetle, measuring only a tenth of an inch in length (Fig. 277), which deposits an egg in a strawberry bud and then punctures or cuts the stem below it (Fig. 278) in such a way that in a few days the bud drops to the ground. Within the severed bud the grub hatched from the egg develops and transforms to a pupa, and soon to the beetle, which 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 Thomas, J. J. (John Jacob); Wood, William H. S. New York, Orange Judd
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