Bulletin 176. December, 1899. 



Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station. 



ITHACA, N. Y. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL DIVISION. 



THE 



PEACH-TREE BORER. 



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IS 



"June 15, 1749. Peach trees have often been planted here CAlbany, N. Y.), and never would 

 succeed well. This was attributed to a worm which lives in the grouud, and eats through the 

 root, so that the tree dies."' —Peter Kalm, in his Travels into Xorth America, Translation by 

 Forster. vol. IL, p. 2Uh. 



An abridged edition of this bulletin is published for general distribution. 



By M. V. SLINGERLAND. 



PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY, 



ITHACA, N. Y. 



1899. 



