GRUBS DEVELOPING WITHIN THE FRUIT 



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Fig. 524.- 

 Weevil. 

 Original. 



-Larvae of the Strawberry 

 Enlarged and natural size. 



The Strawberry Weevil {Anthonomus signatus Say) 



The work of the strawberry weevil is conspicuous and unmistakable. 



Flower buds, soon due to open, are seen to droop and bend over, and 



in a few days most of them will 



break off and fall to the ground. 



If one is cut open at this time, 



a small, white grub will be 



found within, feeding on the 



inner tissues of the bud. After 



lajang an egg in a bud the 



beetle punctures the stem just 



below, so that the bud droops 



and soon falls. The grub, when 



full grown, transforms within 



the bud on the ground. The 



new lot of beetles feed for a time in various places and then hide 



away until the next year. Only staminate varieties are attacked. 



Early spraying with arsenate of lead 

 or Paris green will kill many beetles. 

 The material should be applied as soon 

 as the first buds begin forming. All 

 rubbish should be cleaned up around 

 the field. When badly infested, the 

 plants may be burned over at once 

 after picking. Wild blackberries and 

 strawberries should be destroyed. It 



should be remembered also that pistil- 

 FiG. 525. — The Strawberry , ^ . ,. . , 



Weevil. Adult, enlarged and |^^« varieties are unmune from any 

 natural size. Original. injury. 



The Codling Moth (Carpocapsa pomonella Linn.) 



A pinkish, rather fleshy worm eats cavities within the fruit of apples, 

 especially through and around the core, and finally bores a large hole 

 to the surface. 

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