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RATIONAL FRUIT CULTURE 



INSECTS THAT E4T TBE ENTIRE LEAVES. 



Insects that eat the entire leaves may be divided into 

 three classes — caterpillars that live in great numbers under 



Fig. tl Sluawvmi, the larvB «f llw Pear and Cherry Sa«rlly. 



webs, caterpillars in small groups that spin the leaves together, 

 and caterpillars without webs. 



MANY CATERPIIXVRS LIVING INDER WEBS. 



Brown-Tall Moth.— Apple, Pear, Plum. The moth 

 (white wings and brown tail) appears in August, and lays its 

 eggs under a web in the trees, generally at a fork. The cater- 

 pillars (black, with brown hairs, and red and white lines) begin 

 to feed soon, hibernate under the webs, and disperse over the 

 trees in the following summer. Destroy (he nests in winter, 

 and, when the caterpillars are on the move, spray with Paris 

 green. 



