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mable, so do not smoke when using it. In summer the 

 best remedy is to paint the infested parts with paraffin 

 oiL 



Apple Aphides. — Several aphides attack the fohage 

 of the apple. ThufS the Leaf-curling Aphis (Aphiis pomi) 

 attacks the young leaves in early spring, causing them to 

 curl. Then another species, the Eosy-leaf Aphis (Aphis 

 sorbi), causes the leaves to assume a rosy-red tint and to 



[IMuito: .1. G. Blakev. 

 APl'LE APHIS (APHIS POM J). 

 .Sliowing- the insects in A'arioue stages of development. 



curl very much. Yet another — the Blossom and Leaf 

 Aphis (Aphis fitchii) — feeds on the opening buds, and later 

 the blossoms. In each case the insects are hatched in 

 early spring from eggs laid the preceding autumn. 



Remedies. — Spray in autumn with the Winter Wash 

 (Formula No. 5) ; or in February with Formula No. 1 ; or 

 in April with Formula No. 16. See Chapter III., Part I. 



