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beetles. But some of them enter the ground so late 

 that they hibernate as pupa?, emerging the following 

 summer. There is but one brood each season. A" 

 single female is able to deposit 150 to 200 eggs, ten 

 frequently being laid in a single day. 



Certain parasites prey upon this insect, but are 

 seldom sufficiently numerous to prevent its injuries. 



Remedies. — Entomologists have been divided in 

 opinion as to whether this insect can be successfully 

 destroyed by spraying with Paris green, but the evi- 

 dence in hand indicates that this is the best way to 

 fight the pest, especially in orchards of considerable 

 size. This remedy acts by destroying the adult bee- 

 tles rather than the larvae. The trees should be 

 sprayed three or four times, at intervals of a Aveek or 

 ten days, beginning as soon as the blossoms have 

 fallen, with Paris green mixed with water in the 

 proportion of 3 ounces to 40 or 50 gallons. The 

 other method of fighting this insect is that of "jar- 

 ring." Tins takes advantage of the fact that when 

 a limb on which the Curculio is at work is suddenly 

 jarred, the insect drops to the ground. A large sheet 

 is placed beneath the tree, and the latter is jarred by 

 striking the trunk and larger branches with a pad- 

 ded mallet, The Curculios fall upon the sheet, and 

 are then collected and destroyed. Instead of a sheet, 

 most commercial growers use a sort of inverted um- 

 brella mounted on wheels, which is run beneath the 

 tree. It has sloping sides down which the insects 

 roll into a receptacle in the center, where they are 



