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FESTS OF ORCHARD AND SMALL FRUITS 



called for in regular orchard spraying, will poison the larvae before 

 they fold the leaf. 



The Lesser Apple Leaf-folder (Peronea minuta Rob.) 



A greenish yellow, naked worm, a half inch long, with a yellow head, 

 folds together the tender terminal leaves on apple trees, especially in 



nurseries. When attacking larger 

 leaves, it often bends over and 

 fastens only a small part of the leaf 

 near the margin. There are three 

 broods annually, the larvae being 

 at work first soon after the leaves 

 are well out, again in June, and 

 again in August. See page 300. 



To control, apply arsenate of lead 

 in the spring as soon as the leaves 

 are expanded, and repeat for the 

 later broods. 



Fig. 465. — Adult of the Cigar Case- 

 bearer. Enlarged and natural size. 

 OriginaL 



The Cigar Case-bearer 



{Coleophora fletcherella Fern.) 

 Areas in the leaves of apple, 

 pear, or quince are mined and 

 turned down by a very small cater- 



pillar that carries with him a little 

 cyUndrical case made of a tiny sec- 

 tion of a leaf, the hind part of his 

 body protected by this case. The 

 caterpillar completes its growth in 

 June, migrates to a branch, to which 

 it attaches its case, and transforms. 

 The adult moths fly in July and 

 lay eggs on the leaves. The young 

 caterpillar first mines in the leaf tis- 

 sue, and later constructs a very small. 



Fig. 466. — Larval cases of the 

 Cigar Case-bearer. Original. 



