[Fruit culture] . Fig. 19 Fig. 20 full of small brownish burrows and present an appearance suchas is shown in Fig. 20. The apple maggots reach fiill growthabout the same time that the apple in which they are livingripens. Then the maggots work out of the apple, and, if in theorchard, work about 1 inch into the ground, where they the apples are stored in a box the brownish pupas may be? found in the bottom of the box. As the apple maggot does all its eating entirely within anapple, there is no chance for the orchardist to poison this , a large part of the infested apples d


[Fruit culture] . Fig. 19 Fig. 20 full of small brownish burrows and present an appearance suchas is shown in Fig. 20. The apple maggots reach fiill growthabout the same time that the apple in which they are livingripens. Then the maggots work out of the apple, and, if in theorchard, work about 1 inch into the ground, where they the apples are stored in a box the brownish pupas may be? found in the bottom of the box. As the apple maggot does all its eating entirely within anapple, there is no chance for the orchardist to poison this , a large part of the infested apples drop from thetrees, and if these apples are gathered up and destroyed twicea week the damage of the apple maggot will not be great. If 3G APPLE PESTS AND INJURIES 6 hogs are allowed to run in the orchard they will eat the fallenapples and thus destro}^ the maggots.


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