Quince cultureAn illustrated hand-book for the propagation and cultivation of the quince with descriptions of its varieties, insect enemies, diseases, and their remedies . Fig. 127. FEMALE GIPSY MOTH. ures two and three-fourths inches across the wings, andis marked much like the male on a very light hind wings are two and one-eighth inches across,very light, and otherwise like the male. The antennaeare thread-like, curving towards eacb other at their tips. 140 QUIXCE CrLTURE. A fnli-groun caterpillar of this moth is shown in Fig. 128j and a puj^a in Fig. 129. Eemedies of various kin
Quince cultureAn illustrated hand-book for the propagation and cultivation of the quince with descriptions of its varieties, insect enemies, diseases, and their remedies . Fig. 127. FEMALE GIPSY MOTH. ures two and three-fourths inches across the wings, andis marked much like the male on a very light hind wings are two and one-eighth inches across,very light, and otherwise like the male. The antennaeare thread-like, curving towards eacb other at their tips. 140 QUIXCE CrLTURE. A fnli-groun caterpillar of this moth is shown in Fig. 128j and a puj^a in Fig. 129. Eemedies of various kinds have been tried and are still in use, but the most effectual thus far has been thegathering of the lai-vae and co-coons by hand, although sprayingwith poison solutions, and espe-cially one made with arsenate oflead, has proved to be of consid-erable value. The larva of an insect resem-bling that of the corn-ear worm{Heliotliis armigera), which pu-pates in the ground, did greatdamage to the leaves of quinceand apple trees in June and July,.
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