Show HARM DONE BY BARK BEETLE like other members of their family they always attack weakened and starved trees in peach orchards from now new york southward to virginia and westward to michigan the peach tree bark beetie has 9 given iven occasional trouble since about 1850 it Is a hard shelled insect about inch long and when it emerges from tho the tree leaves tiny holes like small shot holes in the bark hence it Is sometimes called the shot hole borer the full grown beetles appear in early spring burrow through the bark to the sapwood ea and lay their eggs the larvae soon hatch batch and make little burrows of their owns in various directions in about one month they emerge and start ft a second brood the numerous burrows eventually girdle and kill the trees like other members of their family they rarely attack healthy trees but promptly recognize weakened and starved trees which soon boon show the gummy exudations at points of 0 attack this peculiarity tir that orchard trees should be kept in the best possible vigor and all that show serious infestation should be ba promptly cut out and burned at once so BO an ai to destroy all the insects ander the bark delay ts to sure to increase the risk to other trees from increased V ca I 1 peach treo tree bark beetle numbers of insects if I 1 only slight infestations fe are noticed all trees should be closely examined to determine the original source of weakness and should be stimulated with applications of fertilizer and the trunk kept covered with whitewash to which parts green has been added strong whale oil soapsuds with a little crude carbolic acid also aid the effectiveness of whitewash A recent bulletin by 11 F wilson of the united states department of agriculture recommends severely trimming back trees that are ara seriously injured and the application of farmyard manure and commercial fertilizer prior to the application of a thick coat of whitewash to tho the trunks and limbs three times a year first in the last week of 0 march second during the second week in july and third about october 1 for apparently healthy but slightly attacked attack ed trees mr wilson recommends tho the whitewashing and the removal of all dead limbs and trees no tonly in the orchard but in the neighborhood so BO as to destroy the breeding places |