EATING INTO OR INJURING THE FRUIT BUDS 



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vour the tender unfolding tissues, working at night and hiding by 



%he remedy is a prompt application of Paris green or arsenate of lead 

 to the trees, so as to coat the buds. Instead of this, or in addition to 

 it a little poison bran mash may be placed at the base of each tree. 



Occasionally the buds of greenhouse plants are attacked m similar 

 manner. A hberal dose of poison bran mash is then indicated, 

 scattered on the the ground throughout the attack. 



The Imbricated Snout Beetle {Epimrus imhricatus Say) 

 OccasionaUy a rather large snout-beetle, its wings banded in zigzag 

 pattern with brown and gray, its snout short and broad, feeds on the 

 buds or young fohage of tree or bush fruits. See page 167. The 

 beetle cannot fly. The larva lives in the ground. 



Paris green or arsenate of lead applied early as a spray will check 

 the insect's work. 



The New York Weevil {Ithycerus novehoracensis Forst.) 

 Large, gray snout-beetles, half an inch long and marked with black, 

 appear on fruit trees in early spring, gnaw 

 into the tender twigs, and eat into the base of 

 buds. The larval stage is passed in the twigs 

 of oak and hickory, and injury is always 

 greatest on fruit trees close to woodland. 



Thorough spraying with Paris green or arse- ^ 



nate of lead early in the spring when the buds ^^^ .^^ _ ^^^ ^^^ 

 are swelling is the only direct means of con- York Weevil. Slightly 

 , , enlarged. Original, 



trol. 



The Pear Thrips {Euthrips pijriDiiDl.) 

 The pear thrips is a minute insect attacking the newly opening flower 

 and leaf buds of pear, and, in California, tho.e of prune, cherry, al- 

 mond, peach, and apricot. 



The evidence of attack is a distorting, blackemng, or complete kilhng 



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