19-22.] 



The Apple Blossom Weevil. 



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The Standard of Excellence of the Wessex Saddleback Pig 

 Society runs : — 



Colour. — Head and neck, black, white over shoulders and forelegs, hindquarters 



and hind legs, black. 

 Head. — Fairly large and straight snout, face not more than slightly dished, 



fairly wide between the ears. 

 Ears. — Medium size with forward pitch, setting well close to the face but well 



carried, with fine fringe of hair, not too coarse, not too papery. 

 Neck. — Fairly long and muscular. 

 Chest. — Wide and deep. 

 Shoulders. — Wide and free from coarseness. 

 Heart Girth. — Full, not dropping away behind the shoulders. 

 Legs. — Strong and shapely, with medium bone. 

 Pasterns. — Strong and sloping, not too long. 

 Feet. — Strong and of a fair size. 

 Back. — Long and straight, not dishing. 

 Loin. — Strong and broad. 



Tail. — Set on high, preferably black, nicely tasselled. 



Sides. — Deep. 



Mibs. — Well sprung. 



Flank. — Thick and well let down. 



Quarters. — Long and wide. 



Hams. — Broad and fall and deep to hocks. 



Coat. — Moderately tine and straight, not curled. 



Action. — Fine, gay and free. 



Undesirable Features., not necessarily disqualifying during inspection period. — 

 Curly coat ; coarse mane ; crown on back ; short or turned up 

 snout; over- heavy shoulders; wrinkled skin; inbent knees; 

 hollowness at back of shoulders ; any malformation ; colouring 

 white on any part but the saddle. Prick ears ; ears unduly 

 tloppy or rhubarb-like. 



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THE APPLE BLOSSOM WEEVIL. 



Herbert W. Miles, B.Sc. (Bristol), 

 University of Bristol. 



The Apple Blossom Weevil (Anthonomus pomorum, Linn.), 

 which is annually responsible for much loss in apple growing 

 areas, was mentioned as long ago as 1801 by Knight in his 

 "Treatise on the Culture of the Apple and the Pear" and 

 since that date the writers of almost every decade have had 

 something to say regarding its habits and life history, and 

 have suggested various methods of control. Much confusion, 

 however, existed with regard to its habits and life history, 

 and the ravages of the pest were so marked in 1919 and 1920 



