. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. Fig. 277.—Strawberry Weevil. Fig. 278.—a, *, Strawberry spray, showing work in bud and stem, natural size ; d, larva; /, pupa ; rf,/, much enlarged. (U. S. Div. o£ En. tomology.) The beetles often feed upon the pollen and petals of the flowers, but the insect never attacks the fruit or foliage. This pest is widely distributed throughout the Eastern United States; Maryland and Virginia strawberry-growers have suffered severely, half the crop in the for
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. Fig. 277.—Strawberry Weevil. Fig. 278.—a, *, Strawberry spray, showing work in bud and stem, natural size ; d, larva; /, pupa ; rf,/, much enlarged. (U. S. Div. o£ En. tomology.) The beetles often feed upon the pollen and petals of the flowers, but the insect never attacks the fruit or foliage. This pest is widely distributed throughout the Eastern United States; Maryland and Virginia strawberry-growers have suffered severely, half the crop in the former State being destroyed in 1896, it is estimated. The insect restricts its work to the staminate varieties and to the pistillates which furnish a considerable quantity of pollen. It also attacks the buds of the wild strawberry, the blackberry, and the red-bud tree. 14. 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
Size: 1564px × 1598px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectfruitculture, bookyea
