Chapter XV. 



DISEASES AND ENEMIES OF THE PEAR. 



The diseases and enemies of the pear are many and 

 various, and I shall take them up and treat of them in the 

 following order : 



Fire Blight, 



Twig Blight, 



Frozen Sap Blight. 

 Blight : ^ Frost Blight. 



Insect Blight. 



Leaf Blight. 



Blight of Fruit. 

 The Slug. 

 Bark Lice. 

 Scale Insects. 

 Curculio. 

 The Elements. 

 Starvation, 

 Overfeeding. 

 Cracking of the Fruit. 

 Decaying of the Fruit. 

 The Borer and other Insects. 

 Premature Shedding of Foliage. 

 Frost, 

 Cracking of the Bark. 



