. Cabbage, cauliflower and allied vegetables : from seed to harvest . Vegetable gardening; Cabbage; Cauliflower. I08 INJURIOUS INSECTS. twentieth of an inch long, and are usually deposited in two parallel rows of about half a dozen each. The eggs hatch on the third or fourth day after lay- ing, and the young bugs go through all their molts and are ready for reproduction in about two weeks. There are many generations in the course of the summer. On the advent of winter the adult insects crawl any kind of rubbish to hibernate, reappearing in the spring and flying to the first cru- cif
. Cabbage, cauliflower and allied vegetables : from seed to harvest . Vegetable gardening; Cabbage; Cauliflower. I08 INJURIOUS INSECTS. twentieth of an inch long, and are usually deposited in two parallel rows of about half a dozen each. The eggs hatch on the third or fourth day after lay- ing, and the young bugs go through all their molts and are ready for reproduction in about two weeks. There are many generations in the course of the summer. On the advent of winter the adult insects crawl any kind of rubbish to hibernate, reappearing in the spring and flying to the first cru- ciferous plants which come from the ground. According to Professor H. E. Weed of the Mississippi experiment station, there is but one efiS-. / 9 Fig. i8—Harlequin Cabbage Bug. cient remedy for this insect, which is to destroy the brood that lives over winter when they congregate upon mustard and radish plants. Here they can be destroyed very easily by the application of kerosene by means of a common water bucket or sprinkler. If the insects are thus destroyed early in the season it will wholly prevent injury later. The mustard or radishes should be planted in the cabbage field. The bugs will congregate on these plants, and may be killed by applying kerosene, as mentioned. 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 Allen, Charles Linneaus, 1828-1909. New York : Orange Judd Company
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