. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. Insects Injurious to the Apple. 143 any patches with methylated sinrit, and yet they send out iidected stock. The reason is obvions : they eitlier (hi not \ivm of discard the presence tif &hl:oiiniiy( /unli/irn on the riMjts. Tlie complete life- history of tliis a]iple enemy is well known, hut this knowledge is m>z sufficiently widespread to bear any fruitful results. So numerous have been inquiries concerning this pjest during the last tew years, tliat it i


. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. Insects Injurious to the Apple. 143 any patches with methylated sinrit, and yet they send out iidected stock. The reason is obvions : they eitlier (hi not \ivm of discard the presence tif &hl:oiiniiy( /unli/irn on the riMjts. Tlie complete life- history of tliis a]iple enemy is well known, hut this knowledge is m>z sufficiently widespread to bear any fruitful results. So numerous have been inquiries concerning this pjest during the last tew years, tliat it is thought tliat a somewhat fuller account tlian usual of its life-history should 1ie given here, togetlier Avitii an account of some recent experiments carried out in connection ^\-itli its prevention and treatment. The area over which it occurs may be but briefly mentioned;. |.l. r. /;. Uiutoiil. ' Anns UN THE .SUOKKKS ANlt "V AN TREE. enougli to say that wlierever apples are grown, the blight also is found. At one time it seemed to be mainly prevalent in the old west- country orchards in Britain, especially amongst the somewhat ill-]<ept cider apples. Now we find it just as bad iir young plantations of tlie Ijest varieties all over the country. It is perliaps most abundant in Worcestershire, and in the l)evon orchards, but in all other centres it is an important and increasing enemy. It lias iieen I'eported to me, or observed in all parts of 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 Theobald, Frederick Vincent, 1868-1930. Wye, Eng. : Frederick V. Theobald


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