Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . d August, evidentlyby the second winter is passed in thepupal stage in the foliage ortrash remaining on the —As injury is worstin late summer, early plant-ings and early-maturing va-rieties are but little thorough destruction ofthe vines, foliage, and trashon the field after the crop issecured is of the utmost im-portance in controlling thisas well as other pests ofcucurbs, and may probablybe accomplished with thisspecies by deeply plowingunder the refuse. ProfessorA. L. Quaintance, to whomwe are indebted for o
Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . d August, evidentlyby the second winter is passed in thepupal stage in the foliage ortrash remaining on the —As injury is worstin late summer, early plant-ings and early-maturing va-rieties are but little thorough destruction ofthe vines, foliage, and trashon the field after the crop issecured is of the utmost im-portance in controlling thisas well as other pests ofcucurbs, and may probablybe accomplished with thisspecies by deeply plowingunder the refuse. ProfessorA. L. Quaintance, to whomwe are indebted for our knowl-edge of this pest, has found that the moths greatly prefer tooviposit on squash and that it may be successfully used as atrap-crop for the protection of other cucurljs. Rows of summersquash should be planted through the cucumber or melon fieldsas early as possible, the rows being planted every two weeks sothere will be flowers through July. The squash l^loom, with thecontained larva?, must be collected and destroyed at frequent. Fig. 288.—Sciiiash flower infestedwith ])ickle worms. (Photo byQuaintance.) 400 INSECT PESTS GF FARM, GARDEN AND ORCHARD intervals. Otherwise the .squasii will merely augment the injury, asthe larvte will migrate to the crop. Careful tests of this methodshowed almost complete protection to muskmelons. The use of
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