Excerpt from The Plum Curculio Several publications on the plum curculio have been issued during the course of the work. An article on this insect was published In the Yearbook of the department for 1905 in a paper entitled The principal insect enemies of the peach. Circular 73 of the Bureau of Entomology, on the plum curculio, by Messrs. Fred Johnson and A. A. Girault, was published in 1906; and the results of a comparison of the demonstration and one - spray methods in the control of the codling moth and plum curculio were published in November, 1910, as Part VII of Bulletin no. 80 of the Bureau of Entomology, a revised edition of which was issued March 30, 1911. Circular 120 of the Bureau of Entomology, entitled Control of the Brown - rot and Plum Curculio on Peaches, by W. M. Scott, of the Bureau of Plant Indus try, and the senior author, was issued in March, 1910. This gave instructions for the preparation and use Of a combined spray for the curculio and fungous diseases of the fruit of the peach. The results of further experiments in peach spraying for the curculio, brown - rot, and scab were given in Farmers' Bulletin 440, by W. M. Scott and the senior author, published in March, 1911. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Plum Curculio on Peaches in North Carolina: Its Life History and Control This insect like other beetles passes through four stages in develop ing a complete generation; the egg which is laid by the parent beetle under the skin of the fruit; the larva which hatches from the egg and develops in the flesh of the fruit; the pupa or resting stage which is passed in a small earthen cell in the soil; and the adult or beetle stage which develops from the pupal stage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.