Starting young orchards . d, thesedefects will become more and more apparent as the orchardadvances in age. It is essential, therefore, in establishing agood orchard, that the trees not only come from the nursery freefrom hurtful insects and insect injuries, but that they be kept so. Young trees are less able to withstand severe injuries thanare old ones, but they are, likewise, more easily protected. Theirsmall size makes it an easy matter to examine them for, and toremove, borers. They can be sprayed quickly and effectively,and such insects as tent-caterpillars and web-worms can be re-moved
Starting young orchards . d, thesedefects will become more and more apparent as the orchardadvances in age. It is essential, therefore, in establishing agood orchard, that the trees not only come from the nursery freefrom hurtful insects and insect injuries, but that they be kept so. Young trees are less able to withstand severe injuries thanare old ones, but they are, likewise, more easily protected. Theirsmall size makes it an easy matter to examine them for, and toremove, borers. They can be sprayed quickly and effectively,and such insects as tent-caterpillars and web-worms can be re-moved from their branches by hand with but very little troubleor expense. It is possible, too, with very little cost and labor,to protect their bodies from the ravages of mice and rabbits, andfrom the adult borers during the egg-laying season. In this article a few of the more important enemies of suchtrees are described. For convenience the different species aredivided, according to their methods of attack, into six groups, as. 13
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