. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. fly. Mounted. juices within. Various small beetles, known as weevils, are responsible for most wormy nuts. Most of till- fruit rating Insects are out of the reach of the ordinary iii~. , The codling-moth is anoted exception, how. for the peculiar habit t
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. fly. Mounted. juices within. Various small beetles, known as weevils, are responsible for most wormy nuts. Most of till- fruit rating Insects are out of the reach of the ordinary iii~. , The codling-moth is anoted exception, how. for the peculiar habit that the little caterpillar has of usually entering the blossom end of the fruit and feeding therein for a few days, gives the man with a poison spray a very vulnerable point of attack. It is only necessary to spray a bit of poison into the open calyx cup within a few days :ifter the petals fall, and let nature soon close tlo ⢠:â ]]â ih â it ,,f the apples that would otherwise be nil !â i ii; .; iiinsare saved by an application of Paris ;;r,. n ai , critical time. The fact that the apple maggot never leaves the fruit until after it is picked or has fallen from the tree, gives one a chance materially to reduce its numbers by frequently gathering the windfalls and feeding them to stock or burying them deeply. As the iiliiiii .iiri'ulio, in the adult stage, feeds on the leav. s . fruits, a poison spray, applied soon aft. r hlossoming "X^W^ / against it, partirularl\ on .lierries. ff/~\M Many extensivo of the stone- \j(m '\|y fruits, however, aro -ati-li. d that this ^^ ' pest can behest , iriiiinv onn d by jar- ring the curculio- nnjo ^h. ii- and kill- ing them; the .| rinnilio is also best fought b\ iho ]ariili:_' motliod. Hmd-picking of ilo mf, .i,d fruits A\\ i\ r^utsorSierries'areafti;;^'!^ vf \. Ill / 'â ^ a plant es- *""" 1 ijies the little suction pump or beak of some kind of a plant-louse or aphis. \
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