INSECT PESTS OF THE ORCHARD AND GARDEN 51 



were treated with a dose of kerosene and then cremated, or else 

 they were buried alive — much to their own comfort and enjoy- 

 ment. Even in recent days, after all that has been written 

 regarding the tripeta or railroad worm of the apple, the question 

 has often appeared " why not plow a furrow, rake the apples 

 in and bury them." Such ignorance is not excusable at the 

 present time, as our Experiment Stations, State Departments, 

 and Federal Government have all contributed reports, bulletins, 

 and leaflets on this subject. For many years Paris green was the 

 panacea to sound the death knell for insect slaughter, but since 

 the dreaded gypsy and browntail have caused such wholesale 

 destruction of all forms of vegetation and the San Jose scale has 

 become so prevalent in the east, other and more effective remedies 

 are imperative. Lime-sulphur for the scale and lead arsenate 

 for all leaf eating insects were recognized at an opportune time, 

 and are the leading insecticides of the present. 



It would be practically impossible to take up the many insect 

 foes. Their name is legion and time does not permit of the 

 task. We will therefore abbreviate our list and cite a few of the 

 most important ones under each class. 



Of our fruit insect pests the following are the leading ones to 

 be considered - 

 On the Apple — (a) root: — woolly aphis, forming galls. 



(b) trunk: — round and flat headed borers. 



(c) branches : — woolly aphis, oyster shell bark 

 louse, San Jose scale. 



(d) leaves: — bud moths, leaf rollers, gypsy 

 and browntail, tent caterpillar, red-humped, 

 yellow neck, tussocks, canker worm, fall 

 web worm, etc. 



(e) fruit: — codling moth, curculio, maggot, 

 tarnished plant bug, etc. 



On Small Fruits — (a) currant and gooseberry : — sawfly, fruit 

 worm. 



(b) blackberry and raspberry: — cane borer, 

 root borer. 



(c) strawberry : — weevil, crown borer, slug, 

 June beetle, tarnished plant bug. 



