. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. Fig. 231.—The Bud Moth, twice natural size. Fig. 232.—Work of a bud moth cater- pillar in an opening leaf bud, nat- ural size. ocellana).—This insect does much damage in many sections of the country. A little brown caterpillar comes from a silken home, in which it hibernated, and proceeds to eat into the opening buds. It soon ruins the opening flowers and ties them and the leaves together into a nest, as shown in Fig. 232. The brown caterpillars get f
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. Fig. 231.—The Bud Moth, twice natural size. Fig. 232.—Work of a bud moth cater- pillar in an opening leaf bud, nat- ural size. ocellana).—This insect does much damage in many sections of the country. A little brown caterpillar comes from a silken home, in which it hibernated, and proceeds to eat into the opening buds. It soon ruins the opening flowers and ties them and the leaves together into a nest, as shown in Fig. 232. The brown caterpillars get full grown in June, when they measure about half an inch in length, and then soon undergo their transformations to the adult insect, the moth, shown in Fig. 231. The moths soon lay their eggs on the leaves and the young caterpillars mine in the leaves until time to go into winter quarters in their silken homes on the branches near the buds. It requires intelligent and persistent work with a Paris. 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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