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proper care, 

 bark beetle 



lb is the opinion of most observers that the fruit 



will not attack trees that are in a perfectly 



healthy condition. But, given a 



tree ill conditioned from lack of 



proper or sufficient food or other 



causes, and its liability to attack 



is very great. Very often such 



a tree might be saved by proper 



treatment, whereas given over to 



the tender mercies of this pro- 



i/ lific little pest it soon perishes. 



I We have a good illustration 



u.-.-. »^ = .. , Jl here at Auburn of the relation of 



^XxTOi^^^J Vijl proper treatment of an orchard 



-^^""^"M^ly^tfflM^^ t^ ^^^ presence of this insect- 



'V**/^'! In a,n orchard of mixed peaches, 



C'lMmll plums and cherries, which is 



''/iMvf if properly pruned, cultivated and 



wiV^ol otherwise cared for, there is 

 x^i^M)] sign of this beetle. Not far 



m 



Fijj. T-Showinu; the peculiar ap- 

 pearance underneath the bark, 

 result) UK from the work of the 

 Fruit Bark Beetle. 



not a 



>ign ot this Ueetle. JNot far dis- 

 tant is a similar orchard un- 

 pruned, uncultivated and un- 

 cared for. The bark of these trees 

 looks like the top of a pepper 

 box, and they are rapidly dying. 

 In regions where the fruit bark 

 beetle occurs, old, uncared for 

 trees, along fence rows and in similar places, are almost sure 

 to serve as breeding places and points of distribution for this 

 insect. 



The treatment for peach tree borer, so far as the applica- 

 tion of whitewash is concerned, makes a good preventive meas- 

 ure for the fruit bark beetle also. This application should be 

 carried above the origin of the main branches. But, further, 

 all dead branches should be pruned out and burned at once. 

 If they be allowed to lie or are piled up for use as fire wood, the 

 beetles will escape and go on with their nefarious work. So 

 burn them immediately. This work should certainly be done 



