. Manual of fruit insects. Fig. 255. — Tips of peach nursery trees stung by the taruirihed Fiti. 256. — A nearer view of injured peach PEACH INSECTS 301 ment of the laterals, which in turn have their tips killed in asimilar way; the result is that the tree takes on a bushy form(Fig. 257) instead of developing a long, straight trees cannot be sold asfirst-class stock. The loss fromthis trouble in one New Yorknursery, amounted in a singleyear to S15,000. The cause of peach stop-backhas been attributed to a speciesof thrips (Euthrips tritici Fitch),to the peach b
. Manual of fruit insects. Fig. 255. — Tips of peach nursery trees stung by the taruirihed Fiti. 256. — A nearer view of injured peach PEACH INSECTS 301 ment of the laterals, which in turn have their tips killed in asimilar way; the result is that the tree takes on a bushy form(Fig. 257) instead of developing a long, straight trees cannot be sold asfirst-class stock. The loss fromthis trouble in one New Yorknursery, amounted in a singleyear to S15,000. The cause of peach stop-backhas been attributed to a speciesof thrips (Euthrips tritici Fitch),to the peach bud-mite {Tar-sonemus waitei Banks) and tothe tarnished plant-bug (Lyguspratensis Linnseus). It is quitecertain that in New York, Vir-ginia and Missouri, at least, thelatter is responsible for the in-jury. The tarnished plant-bug isdiscussed on page 375. In NewYork the adults emerge fromhibernation in March or Apriland pass through at least onegeneration on various weeds be-fore attacking the peach. Thelast of June or first of July theadults migrate into the blocksof nursery stock, where theypunc
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