110 DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS. 



tacks both fruit and leaves ; when numerous, the 

 small webs they make, added to the destruction 

 of the foliage, give the tree the appearance of hav- 

 ing been scorched. The remedies consist in vari- 

 ous contrivances to prevent the insects ascending 

 the tree, but none have been yet discovered of easy, 

 safe, and effectual application. 



Fig. 25. 



4. The Apple-worm attacks the fruit, by enter- 

 ing at the blossom, and feeding at the core. In 

 some years, it has been so common, as seriously to 

 injure the quality of the crop. The annexed fig- 

 ures, (fig. 2-5,) show it in different stages of growth.*" 

 The best preventive is to allow swine to pick up 



* The curculio or plum weevil is sometimes found in the 

 apple, but never the apple worm in the plum. 



