Show D CHERRY SLUG MAY DO MUCH DAMAGE pests also attack foliage of pear and plum trees injury to the denves of cherry trees by the cherry slug sometimes results in a great den deal of damage to the trees the first brood appears in june and nd a second in august the cherry slug commonly known is as the cherry sawfly in the adult stage begins laying eggs on cherry leaves about june 1 says dr C 11 gillette the colorado state entomologist the eggs are thrust just beneath the epidermis of the leaf one in a place little slimy slugs hatch batch from the eggs they feed on the upper surface of the leaves skeleton izing them and causing them to turn brown and die the second brood comes on about august 1 the slugs injure the trees and sometimes the market quality of the fruit when abundant the second brood may so BO cherry trees as to cause them to die august being about the worst time in the year to remove the foliage from a tree the slug also attacks the foliage of pear near und and plum trees to some extent the slugs are easily tilled by spraying the foliage with any one of several mixtures doctor gillette advises the fruit grower may spray with arsenate of lead one pound to 50 gallons of water or with black leaf 40 one part in 1000 parts of water wate r or white heleborg hel bel ebore may he be used at the rate of one ounce to three giddions giitl ons of water |