FRUIT PUNCTURED OR INFESTED. 135 
determined for various fruits and localities by actual counts of fruit. 
Typical data of this kind are furnished in the tables following. Not 
all fruit punctured is worthless, though its market value is reduced. 
In Table LXXIV are given data on amount of fruit infested by 
larvee from specified trees in several localities in Georgia and in Penn- 
sylvania, including both drop and picked fruit. On account of the 
difficulty of determining punctures in the peach, only actual infesta- 
tion was noted, mostly of fallen fruit. 
Taste LXXIV.—Percentage of infested peaches for the season, various localities. 
| | Fruit from ground. 
Localities. Season. Variety. Trees 
* used. Ty 
fested Sound.| Total. 
WAU NOlG: Gate recess seco e2eece 1907 Elberta sev. Sse seeee eee | 5 328 229 557 
Marshallville, Ga.............-.. LOGOS) || SRied River sass: sass eas aes 4 167 467 634 
LLAVLUL C  e Eee 1906 | Belleiof Georgia. -=--222222-- 12 231 238 469 
Jair) Peat 0) 0 ie: 1906 | Miscellaneous.-.-......-..... 5 593 | 1,495 2, 088 
ISU BES) al 2 1906. | Sneedses. 23.525 Ses ase ee Sie 2 oe2 941 3, 463 
LO Dan See ane See= Ore tokoeeee 190635 | SEUSS | Chilites sees ee ee Ce 4 831 171 1, 002 
Total and average per 
COHUOUINI LV aejsce seieaice |e assis ees ee eee et sase see ease eee becess cc 4,672 | 3,541 8, 213 
Fruit from trees. Per- 
4 J mires 3 + Total Total | centage 
Localities. Season. Variety. ~ | in- infested 
Used. sound. 
In- |sound.| Total. | fested. for 
fested. ai season. 
Mayfield, Ga.....-- 1907 | Elberta........- 5 518 113 631 846 342 71.21 
Marshallville, Ga...| 1908 | Red River...... 4 100 | 2,264 | 2,364 267, I) aie 8.91 
Mortle, Ga... --- ..- 1906 Belle of Georgia. 12 264 895 1,159 495 ass 30. 40 
Arlington, Va...... 1906 | Miscellaneous... 5 35 489 524 628 | 1,984 24. 04 
North East, Pa....) 1906 | Sneed.......... 8 OM, 252008] 25200) ||" 22529) |) 3504 44.53 
10) ee ee 1906 | Hills Chili ..... 4 0 848 848 831 | 1,019 44.91 
Total and ay- 
erage per 
cent of in- 
ERI Sore eee | ian Seer ne asain cid ol ato lacewsam 917 6, 809 7, 726 5,589 | 10,350 35. 06 
As shown in Table LXXTV, the percentage of infestation to peaches 
in the several localities varies from 8.91 to 71.21 per cent of the total 
crop produced, with an average of 35.06. These figures represent the 
actual proportion of the crop destroyed, since it includes only infested 
fruit. The total number of infested fruits from the ground, 4,672, 
exceeds notably that infested on the trees, i. e., 917. The percentage 
of drop fruit infested is 56.87, as compared with 11.86 per cent from 
the trees at picking time. During seasons of light crops practically 
all of the fruit may become infested when small and drop, though 
during years of full crops the thinning out by the beetles is not 
especially important. 
In Table LXXYV is shown the condition of the drop fruit for the 
season from 120 Elberta peach trees at Siloam Springs, Ark., during 
1908. The fruit at picking time was by mistake of orchardist 
