FRUIT PUNCTURED OR INFESTED. 137 
Extent of injury to miscellaneous sorts of plums is indicated in 
Table LXXVITI. Records were made by gathering the specified 
number of fruits here and there from the trees or from the ground. 
It is regretted that similar data are not available from more ‘northern 
localities. 
Taste LXXVII.—Percentage of injury to plums by egg and feeding punctures, various 
localities. 
os Fruits | ? Average 
ae Peseta Date col- nec wee eas ak peter: 
Localities. Varicties. leeted unc. | feeding | jured per of | 28° of temarks. 
: Pores pune- fruit. feult fruit 
: tures. * | injured. 
1908. 
Myrtle, Ga..... Wild plum..) Apr. 9 22 14 164 DOO liscecscteae From trees. 
1D ees See Seen Gos ae 13 37 14 49 FOO Eee: Do. 
1D Oy eer amen dos. 2. 20 43 6 | 51 14 0; 0)0) ee ees Do. 
Doma sera e Gost soe 22 36 10 | 4 110 ok eee saps From ground. 
TRO pee ee | nee GOs s- 30 36 5 9 BOM emeeecteza- From trees. 
iD fot 2e Seecnl eee dora 30 43 4 3 AOL soeee el ‘From ground. 
LD = eee) ae OGe sec. | May 8 36 4 | 10 SOM eee ere From tree. 
10) oe peace do--s 8 32 5 | 13 E(t aes eee From ground. 
Dios eee | See do. | 31 22 5 23 Oh sees ae From tree. 
Moves hae Paley a eee 31 34 4 12 UN eee ee From ground. 
IDS ent eee eee dees June 6 7 3 20 DOM eee a semee From tree. 
pe ae ed ee ee Eee a 40 : i) 50 Jnseee2227- Brow pronnds 
[RE a) age (UOTE, ore 28 20 HON Notte rom tree. 
WDWaee ess secs Red June...| Apr. 9 4 6 90 | AOO) Bene seers | Do. 
iD = Seana eee Ox ee 14 | 61 13 26 LOOM ss eee Do. 
iD A ae Ree ee On: =e. May 7 | 3 5 17 | CITA Sak ess Sear Do. 
WO Sse seca! os do.2-=-- 7 | 32 Splbcee sees B5t lecomten ee From ground. 
1905. 
Arundel, Md...| Burbank....| May 9 33 12 55 | 1OOG RSs as 22 From tree. 
iD) ne a5 c| Gee Ge aeaee 9 63 25 112 2,0) eae Do. 
Riverdale, Md.. (?) 26 117 4 18 TOON hee Do. 
Ome See: (?) 26 MPO | apse sate 2 1 DAN inl ee: From ground. 
Bennings, D.C. (?) 22 30 9 61 ALO DY ese a ee From tree. 
(iasecGnaee (?) 22 35 10 Lie BOE wag ee. From ground. 
at i Aiea 936 171|. 766 | 1,873| 59.10 | 
localities. . 
In the above table the figures for injury show merely the number of 
punctures. While most of the fruit punctured would fall, not all of 
it would do so, the fruit more or less outgrowing the injury. The 
average percentage of injury, i. e., 59.10, is therefore perhaps a little 
high. = 
The extent to which pears may be punctured is shqwn for two 
localities in Table LXXVIIT. As elsewhere explained, the real injury 
to such pears as Le Conte and Kieffer is small, as the thinning of the 
young fruit is in most cases desirable and the punctures are mostly 
outgrown by the fruit on the trees. 
