. Annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture ... Agriculture -- New York (State). Fig. 136. A Red Bug and its Work ox Apples cause the apples to drop or shrivel upon the tree, or to become pitted and misshapened. The eggs of the red bug are inserted in the bark of the young wood and they hatch the following spring. The nymphs begin to appear soon after the leaves of the fruit buds open and hatching is practically completed by the time the blos- soms open. The young nymphs feed upon the leaves until the fruit sets, after which they attack the fruit. The first indications of their presence
. Annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture ... Agriculture -- New York (State). Fig. 136. A Red Bug and its Work ox Apples cause the apples to drop or shrivel upon the tree, or to become pitted and misshapened. The eggs of the red bug are inserted in the bark of the young wood and they hatch the following spring. The nymphs begin to appear soon after the leaves of the fruit buds open and hatching is practically completed by the time the blos- soms open. The young nymphs feed upon the leaves until the fruit sets, after which they attack the fruit. The first indications of their presence is minute reddish spots on the terminal leaves which are caused bv their feeding. Treatment.— The insect may be controlled by spraying just before the blossoms open and again after the petals fall with nicotine extract (Black Leaf 40), nsing one pint of the extract and four pounds of soap to each 100 gallons of water. These treat- 1 From Geneva Circular 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 New York (State). Dept. of Agriculture; New York State Agricultural Experiment Station; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. Albany : State of New York, Dept. of Agriculture
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