. Successful fruit culture; a practical guide to the cultivation and propagation of fruits. Fruit-culture. INSECT PESTS 347 up, generally through another cane, and undergoes its changes several inches above the surface of the ground. The canes and the roots are often so injured,as to start very slowly in the spring, turning yellow in the early summer and finally dying. Remedy—The only remedy suggested is that of cutting oC the injured canes and digging out the borer in the root. Vigorous growth will, in a measure, over- come its injury. Raspberry Cane Borer (Oberea bimaculata)—A small long-hom
. Successful fruit culture; a practical guide to the cultivation and propagation of fruits. Fruit-culture. INSECT PESTS 347 up, generally through another cane, and undergoes its changes several inches above the surface of the ground. The canes and the roots are often so injured,as to start very slowly in the spring, turning yellow in the early summer and finally dying. Remedy—The only remedy suggested is that of cutting oC the injured canes and digging out the borer in the root. Vigorous growth will, in a measure, over- come its injury. Raspberry Cane Borer (Oberea bimaculata)—A small long-homed beetle with a black body and a pale yellow thorax marked with three black spots. It flies in June and lays its eggs between two girdled places near the end of the young canes, when only a few inches high. The canes break off at the top girdle, when F,g. ua-xhe May BeeOe a^iriarva the food supply will be increased for the larva that soon hatches and bores down the cane, feeding in the pith until the following spring,, when it comes out a perfect insect in May or June. Remedy—To overcome this pest the injured canes should be cut off below the lower girdle soon after the egg is laid. INSECTS ATTACKING THE BLACKBERRY Raspberry Root Borer—See under the raspberry. Raspberry Cane Borer—See under the raspberry. INSECTS ATTACKING THE STRAWBERRY May Beetle (Lachnosterna fusca) (Figure 132)— In the larval form this insect is injurious to the straw- berry by feeding on the roots of newly set plants. The. 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 Maynard, Samuel T. (Samuel Taylor), 1844-. New York, Orange Judd company
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