TIME OF APPEARANCE OF BEETLES IN SPRING. 115 
The same year (1906) Messrs. Girault and Rosenfeld investigated 
this point in Georgia. In addition to the trees jarred, as shown in 
Table LXI, various trees in the woods, as Crategus, wild plum, ete., 
were also jarred, but without results. 
Taste LXI.—Time of appearance of plum curculio on trees in spring. Jarring records, 
Myrtle, Ga., 1906. 
Wild plums 
ParEniCketist Peach. |Japan plum. Pear. Apple. 
Dates trees g “s # a a Condition of trees. 
jarred. f2) 2 2 2 £ 
Ser es aeee hee ie S| ee le ge 5 
2 | iS 5 iS 5 zB | z 5 
a oO <a] iS) BH o & 1S) a 2) 
epee eee.- |) Many. |---| Many. |...:| Many. |..-.| Many. |-...|.......-|------ A few peach and wild 
plum blossoms open. 
REM NADY oss IMATI YA fe oe). sile mae| ome an caolsee afc ccenls eels ema 
ais = Bee Wild plum trees in full 
bloom. 
Pears about in full bloom; 
Elberta peaches in full 
bloom. 
Blossoms falling from 
peach, pear, and plum. 
Peaches, ars, and 
plums well set. 
Apples in full bloom. 
At Siloam Springs, Ark., in 1908, jarring records were made in a 
peach orchard as shown in Table LXIT. 
Tasie LXII.—Time of appearance of beetles on trees in spring. Jarring records, Siloam 
Springs, Ark., 1908. 
D eed. Trees. |Curculios. Condition of trees. 
J Co O50 Siew te Pears, cultivated plums, and peaches in full bloom; cluster buds on 
apple showing. 
20 eee | Petals mostly down from peaches, pears, and cultivated plums. 
950 6 
D50G Sac sas - 
950 2 | Ben Davis apples nearly in full bloom. 
DOOM E ees a First feeding punctures by caged beetles on peach. 
950 1 
950 1 
950 42 | Petals mostly down from apples, cherries, and wild plums; calyces 
beginning to shed from peaches. , 
1 el 950 17 | First feeding punctures on peaches in orchard. 
15 eae 950 13 
ae 950 8 | First egg punctures in plums. 
Ling cee een 950 13 
i (ae Se 950 64 | First egg punctures in peaches. 
71 Oe aes 950 146 
7.2 ee 950 169 | Calyces entirely shed from peaches. 
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