. Amateur fruit growing. Fruit-culture. THE APPLE. RiiiMBDiBs.—All trees should be examined early in autumn, when, if there are borers present, they may be detected by the dry appearance of the bark, by the borings, or by the exudation of sap, or sawdust-like castings. When such signs are seen the parts should be at once cut into with a knife and the borer destroyed. As a preventive measure there is perhaps nothing better than to coat the trunk and larger branches with a mixture of soft-soap re- duced to the consistency of a thick paint with a solution of wash- ing soda, and if a little carbol
. Amateur fruit growing. Fruit-culture. THE APPLE. RiiiMBDiBs.—All trees should be examined early in autumn, when, if there are borers present, they may be detected by the dry appearance of the bark, by the borings, or by the exudation of sap, or sawdust-like castings. When such signs are seen the parts should be at once cut into with a knife and the borer destroyed. As a preventive measure there is perhaps nothing better than to coat the trunk and larger branches with a mixture of soft-soap re- duced to the consistency of a thick paint with a solution of wash- ing soda, and if a little carbolic acid is added it will be even more repulsive to the beetles. This should be kept on the trees during the summer months, when this insect is injurious. New York Weevil (Ithycerus noveboraceimia). This is a very large snout-beetle of gray color marked with black, about one-half inch long. It breeds in the oak, and is only abun- dant where there are oak groves near by. In such locations it often causes great injury by gnawing out the buds early in the season, and later by cutting off the young shoots, so that the trees are destroyed or seriously injured. It attacks cherries and plums as well as apples. It seems to do its work at night, or early in the morning, for it does not work much if at all during the day. Figure 62 shows this insect in its differ- ent stages of growth. Remedy.—The only known remedy for this pest is to jar the trees, when they curl up and fall to the ground, and then may readily be gathered and des- troyed. When the trees are badly in- fested they should be jarred once a day as long as any are found. They disap- pear about the first of July. Tent Caterpillar {CUsiocampa Americava).—The characteris- tics of this insect are readily seen in Pig. 63, which shows the caterpillar resting on the outside of the lent-like structure in which they live, and also a twig sustaining a bunch of eggs. The habit of this insect is about as follows: The eggs are laid o
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