. Effective farming; a text-book for American schools . way of combating these borers is to dig them out or kill them by running a wire through them in the burrow. A descrip- tion of the peach-tree borer and methods of handling it will show how borers in general are combated. The female of the peach- tree borer lays eggs on the bark of the tree near the ground during the summer. These eggs hatch in a short time and the larvae enter the bark of the tree. If not removed the borers will soon girdle the tree. An exudation of gum about the base of a peach tree usually indicates the presence of a bo
. Effective farming; a text-book for American schools . way of combating these borers is to dig them out or kill them by running a wire through them in the burrow. A descrip- tion of the peach-tree borer and methods of handling it will show how borers in general are combated. The female of the peach- tree borer lays eggs on the bark of the tree near the ground during the summer. These eggs hatch in a short time and the larvae enter the bark of the tree. If not removed the borers will soon girdle the tree. An exudation of gum about the base of a peach tree usually indicates the presence of a borer in the tree. The soil should be dug away from the trunk and when burrows are found they should be opened with a knife, the insects found and de- stroyed ; or a stiff wire may be pushed into the burrow and when the borer is reached, it should be killed by pushing the Fig. 115. —The peach borer, a, enlarged; h, at work on root of tree.
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