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THE FRUIT INDUSTRY IN NEW YORK STATE 



blossoming is only about one-half as effective. There is a pos- 

 sibility, in localities where side worm injury is particularly preva- 

 lent .during early July, that a spraying the latter part of June 

 will prove helpful. A spraying the latter part of July is fre- 

 quently given for thq special purpose of checking the second brood, 

 although in this state experimental data do not indicate a very 

 high percentage of gain from this practice; where fungous dis- 



FIG. 234. SIDE INJURY, SHOWING SMALL CIRCULAR SPOTS WITH CENTRAL 

 HOLE, PRODUCED BY YOUNG CATERPILLARS FROM LATE-DEPOSITED EGGS 

 OF THE FIRST BROOD 



eases require spraying, as intimated above, it is by all means advis- 

 able to add the poison and thus secure additional protection at a 

 very slight increase in cost. 



In sections where side worm injury is prevalent, annual spray- 

 ing, whether the trees be fruited or not, is a most promising 

 method of controlling this type of injury. 



KED BUGS 



The lined red bug, Lygidea mendax Keut, and the true 

 bug, Heteroccrdylus malinus Rent, have recently attracted mu( 



