Agriculture for beginners . this peculiar cut is followed by a flow of gum,you will always be able torecognize the work of thecurculio. Having finishedwith one plum, this indus-trious worker makes herway to other plums untilher eggs are all maggotlike larva soonhatches, burrows throughthe fruit, and causes it todrop before ripening. Thelarva then enters the groundto a depth of several inches. There it becomes a pupa, and later, as a mature beetle, emergesand winters in cracks and crevices. Treatment. Burn orchard trash which mav serve as winterquarters. Spraying with arsenate of lead,
Agriculture for beginners . this peculiar cut is followed by a flow of gum,you will always be able torecognize the work of thecurculio. Having finishedwith one plum, this indus-trious worker makes herway to other plums untilher eggs are all maggotlike larva soonhatches, burrows throughthe fruit, and causes it todrop before ripening. Thelarva then enters the groundto a depth of several inches. There it becomes a pupa, and later, as a mature beetle, emergesand winters in cracks and crevices. Treatment. Burn orchard trash which mav serve as winterquarters. Spraying with arsenate of lead, using two poundsof the mixture to fifty gallons of water, is the only successfultreatment for the curculio. For plums and peaches, sprav firstwhen the fruit is free from the calyx caps, or dried flower-buds. Repeat the spraying two weeks later. For late peachesspray a third time two weeks after the second spraving. Thispoisonous spray will kill the beetles while they are feedingor cutting holes in which to lay their I t^ Fig. 155. Leaf Galls of PhylloxeraON Clintox Grape Leaf 158 AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS rr ^
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