Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Minnesota . ts may have beennear at hand. After tasting the pulp of the strawberry in eatingthe seed we can hardly blame him for acquiring a fondness forthis luscious fruit. On July 10th I received the following letter from Mr. HenryGrinder of Hinckley: Dear Sir:—Can you tell me any way toget rid of the Black Beetle which is eating my strawberries ? Heworks at night. The seed of the berry is all he seems to care for,he cracks that and eats the kernel of it. They hide in the mulchingbetween the rows in the day. They are v
Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Minnesota . ts may have beennear at hand. After tasting the pulp of the strawberry in eatingthe seed we can hardly blame him for acquiring a fondness forthis luscious fruit. On July 10th I received the following letter from Mr. HenryGrinder of Hinckley: Dear Sir:—Can you tell me any way toget rid of the Black Beetle which is eating my strawberries ? Heworks at night. The seed of the berry is all he seems to care for,he cracks that and eats the kernel of it. They hide in the mulchingbetween the rows in the day. They are very plentiful this there anything 1 can put on the plants that will drive themaway and not injure the berry? They have destroyed over two-thirds of the berries. Please let me know if there is anything Ican do to stop them. Later, under date of July 13, he again 38 INSECTS INJURIOUS rN 1902. writes as follows: I have grown berries here for four yearsand this is the first year they have troubled the strawberries. In response to my request for specimens of the insects doing. Fig. «i5—Harpalus pennsylvanicus, enlarged 4 times. A. G. injury, he sent me some specimens of this beetle. It was hardlo believe that this well known friend had developed such a trick.
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