PART III. 



INSECT PESTS AND DISEASES. 



CULTIVATORS so often experience loss through the attack 

 of various enemies, that it is thought well here to devote 

 a section to the subject. 



The Apple. 



MOTHS. 

 WINTER MOTH (Cheimatobia brumata), Fig. 35. The 



FIG. 35. TIIE WINTEII MOTH. 

 A MALE MOTH. B FEMALE. C CATERPILLAR. (Natural Size.) 



forewings of the male measure from 1 to 1-| inch in ex- 

 panse, and are pale grey or brown, with three to five 



