. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Jdnb 16, 1921 The Florists^ Review 17 mwjyumujuJLUiiiUiiLURU^^^^ WU«/JU«yiA»J^S/Jt'S/Jlv»Ji«(ir«\ir«vir«\ir«virAS\iM^^. HE strawberry beetle, Ty- pophorus canellus, is rath- er an ambitious insect. It is always striving to get into the limelight. It first succeeded in getting its name into print by destroying strawberry plants; next it caused a stir by attacking apple orchards in New England; but it did not arrive in the "Who's Who" until it began to attack roses under glass. As mentioned, the Typophorus canel- lus was first known as the
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Jdnb 16, 1921 The Florists^ Review 17 mwjyumujuJLUiiiUiiLURU^^^^ WU«/JU«yiA»J^S/Jt'S/Jlv»Ji«(ir«\ir«vir«\ir«virAS\iM^^. HE strawberry beetle, Ty- pophorus canellus, is rath- er an ambitious insect. It is always striving to get into the limelight. It first succeeded in getting its name into print by destroying strawberry plants; next it caused a stir by attacking apple orchards in New England; but it did not arrive in the "Who's Who" until it began to attack roses under glass. As mentioned, the Typophorus canel- lus was first known as the strawberry root-worm, because of the fact that the larva of this insect works under ground, destroying the roots of the strawber- ries. To the rose growers, the adult, the beetle itself, is of greatest concern, since it is the beetle that does the great- est, at any rate, the visible damage to the rose plants. It feeds on the leaves and on the tender bark of the young growth, also on the eyes as they begin to swell. How much damage is done by the larvae feeding upon the roots is difficult to determine. At times it must be great, for Mr. Dietz, our entomologist, has told me of a case where the tender white roots have been almost entirely de- stroyed. A paper read by Herman Jiinge, of Indianap- olis, before the meeting of the Indiana State Florists' Association June 7 at the Smith & Young Co., Indianapolis. patent remedies, but no matter what he uses, it seems to be effective. For, beginning about the middle of Au- gust, he notices a decrease in damage done and flatters himself that he has found a remedy to cope with this evil. Encouraged by his apparent success, more diligently than before he attends to spraying or dusting the plants. As the season becomes cooler and the days become shorter the damage and the number of beetles continue to decrease, until sometime in November the rose houses appear about normal. Then the grower, after reconciling himself to a loss of
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