INJURING THE FRUIT. 



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the core, the Apple Maggot feeds indiscriminately 

 through the pulp of the fruit, burrowing in every 

 direction, as represented at Fig. 21. The larvae 



Fig. 21 . Apple cut open, showing injury of Apple Maggi >\ . 



themselves are also different, that of the Codling 

 Moth having six legs, while the Apple .Maggot is 

 footless. 



The adult of the Apple Maggot is a two-winged 

 fly that appears early in summer and deposits eggs 

 in the partially grown apples. These eggs are in- 

 serted, one in a place, through the skin of the fruit. 

 In a few days they hatch into maggots, that tunnel 

 the fruit in all directions, becoming full grown in 

 five or six weeks, when they are whitish or greenish 

 white, and about a quarter of an inch long. They 

 then leave the fruit, and generally go into the soil 



