80 INSECTS AFFECTING THE PEACH. 



INJURING THE LEAVES. 



The Peach Aphis. 



Myzus persicse. 

 This insect is much like the one last discussed, 

 with which, in fact, it has frequently been confused, 

 but it appears to be distributed over a much wider 

 area, being found in nearly all portions of the 

 United States where peaches are grown. Like other 

 aphides, it damages the tree by sucking out the sap, 

 through the leaves or tender twigs. It is a soft, 

 blackish little creature that, during the spring and 

 summer months, reproduces by giving birth to living 

 young, and winters over in tiny, black eggs, laid in 

 September or October, upon the twigs about the buds. 



Remedies. — Spraying with kerosene emulsion is 

 the best method of destroying these little pests. 



INJURING THE FRUIT. 



The Plum Curculio. 



Conotrachelus nenuphar. 

 This insect, whose life-history has already been 

 treated of on page 60, breeds in peaches, as well as 

 in plums, cherries, apples and other fruits. It is es- 

 pecially liable to injure peaches when there is a fail- 

 ure of the apple crop. It is more difficult to prevent 



