Ontario Sessional Papers, 1908, . may be mentioned tlie Shot-hole borer or Fruit-tree Bark-beetle(Scolytus rvgulosus), which was somewhat abundant in the Niagara especially attacked cherry-trees, on which its presence was make knownby exudations of gum. This small beetle does not as a rule affect healthytrees but only those that are sickly and dying, and is often found on limbswhose vitality has been weakened by scale insects. The only availableremedy is to cut oft and burn all limbs that have been attacked; dying treesshould be removed and all brushwood from prunings burn
Ontario Sessional Papers, 1908, . may be mentioned tlie Shot-hole borer or Fruit-tree Bark-beetle(Scolytus rvgulosus), which was somewhat abundant in the Niagara especially attacked cherry-trees, on which its presence was make knownby exudations of gum. This small beetle does not as a rule affect healthytrees but only those that are sickly and dying, and is often found on limbswhose vitality has been weakened by scale insects. The only availableremedy is to cut oft and burn all limbs that have been attacked; dying treesshould be removed and all brushwood from prunings burnt. The usual perennial insects, that are more or less abundant every year,made their presence felt this year also, such as the plum curculio, the eye-spotted bud-moth, pear-tree slug, tree cricket, rose chafer and the grape-vine flea-beetle. Fuller information regarding these insects and how to dealwith tliem may be found in a recent bulletin by the writer on Insects af-fecting Fruit-trees issued bv the Ontario Department of Fig. SO. Red-necked Agrillus ; a anal processes ; h larva ; c beetle—much enlarged.
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