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3. Peach Pests. 



(a) Trunk and roots. 

 Peach tree borer. Dig out borers before July 15, and destroy. 



4. Cherry Pests. 



(a) Fruit. 



Cherry fruit fly. Lays eggs through skin of reddening cherry; 

 maggot feeds on pulp near H. Maggot leaves fruit; goes to ground, 

 transforms to parent fly in spring. 



5. Grape Pests. 



(a) Leaves and buds. 



Grape vine flea beetle. Small blue beetle attacking swelling buds. 

 Destroys crop. 



6. Currant Pests, 



(a) Stems. 



Two borers, adult of one a beetle, of the other a moth. Cut out and 

 destroy infested stalk. 



(b) Leaves. 



Imported currant worm. Green worm, larva of saw-fly. Eggs 

 layed along veins in under side of leaves. 



7. Raspberry and Blackberry Pests. 



(a) Canes. 



Raspberry cane borer. Cut and burn wilted tip of cane. 



(b) Leaves. 



Raspberry saw-fly. Eggs on leaves in spring; larva thickly spined 

 green worm. Pupa stage in ground. 



. 8. Potato Pests, 

 (a) Leaves. 



Colorado potato beetle. Hibernates in ground. Five hundred to 

 1,000 eggs. Grows, full grown in two or three weeks. Pupate in 

 ground. Grubs and bettles feed upon leaves. 



<J. Totmato Pests. 

 (a) Leaves. 



Tomato larva. Larva green or brown in color. Pupa stage in 

 ground. The adult, the Sphinx moth. 



Often attacked by Ichneumon fly, which deposits eggs under skin. 

 Larvae feed upon caterpillar. On emerging they spin white cocoon*. 



10. Cabbage and Cauliflower Pests. 



(a) Leaves. 



Eggs on leaves. Caterpillar full grown in two weeks. Butterflies 

 emerge from chrysalis in ten days. One of the best species to observe 

 the life history, it is completed in so short a time. 



