. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. i84 DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS. The adult insects, which resemble miniature mosquitoeb (Fig. 250 a), emerge from the soil beneath the trees early in the spring when the blossom-buds are just bursting. Before the blossoms get open, the little flies or midges insert their long. Fig. 251.—Work of the Pear Midge. Section otpear showing maggots at work, enlarged ; an infested, misshapen fruit j fruit from which tlie maggots have emerged, natural size, ovipositor
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. i84 DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS. The adult insects, which resemble miniature mosquitoeb (Fig. 250 a), emerge from the soil beneath the trees early in the spring when the blossom-buds are just bursting. Before the blossoms get open, the little flies or midges insert their long. Fig. 251.—Work of the Pear Midge. Section otpear showing maggots at work, enlarged ; an infested, misshapen fruit j fruit from which tlie maggots have emerged, natural size, ovipositor through the closed petals and calyx and lay a dozen or more eggs on the anthers of the flowers. The eggs hatch in four or five days, and the orange or reddish-colored maggots (Fig. 250) enter the open ovary of the embryo fruit, where they feed upon the growing tissues, usually destroying the core and seeds and causing the young fruits to become dwarfed and misshapen, as shown in Fig. 251. The maggots get their growth about June ist and remain in the fruit until a rain or. 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 Thomas, J. J. (John Jacob); Wood, William H. S. New York, Orange Judd
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