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INJURIOUS INSECTS OF 1903. 



C. 



Ittackiiig the Fruit: 

 PiinctiirinQ- and makino- a crescent-shaped, slit in the skin 

 o{ the \oTmo;' frnit, wliicli soon drops. 



PLUM CURCULIO. 



Fig. 79. — Coiiolraclicliis nenuphar. Herbst. Lugger. 



Remedies: Sjiray thorough)}- witli ar.-^enical insecticides betore the 

 leaves expand. 



Jar the trees every few days in early morning, catching the dropping 

 lu-etles in an inverted umbrella-sliapcd machine, nr (MI a sheet, and 

 destroy the beetles by burning ur crushing. 



Destroy all fallen fruit. 



