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sible for injury to the leaves. The diseased areas are covered with a 

 thick black growth of the fungus. The spores are many-celled and dusky- 

 colored. 



Treatment : Spray with Bordeaux. 



Garden Peas. 



(Insects). 



Pee-Weevil (Bruchus pisorum) : The eggs are laid on the young- 

 pods as soon as they are formed. The larvae when hatched bore into the 

 pod and destroy the seeds. The winter is passed in the adult stage. 



Remedies : Sow only seed peas that have been fumigated with car- 

 bon bisulphide. 



Pea Weevil.— (a) The grub ; 

 (h) ..the pupa, under surface ; 

 (c)' the pupa, upper surface ; 

 (r/)ithe adult weevil. 



Pea Moth. — (a) A lull grown "worm" or cat- 

 erpillar (enlarged); (b) adult moth with wings 

 expanded (enlarged) ; (c) adult moth with 

 wings closed ; (d) a group of five peas injured 

 by the caterpillar of the pea moth. 



Pea-Aphis (Nectarophora pisi) : It is a large, soft-bodied, green 

 louse, either with or without wings. Besides the Pea, it feeds on clover, 

 vetches, and, probably, many other leguminous plants. 



Remedies : Spray with kerosene emulsion or with whale oil soap 

 wash. 



