Deseret News | 1857-08-26 | Page 5 | The Fruit Destroyer |

Type	issue
Date	1857-08-26
Paper	Deseret News
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
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Article Title	The Fruit Destroyer
Type	article
Date	1857-08-26
Paper	Deseret News
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	5
OCR Text	tun FRUIT DESTROYER DESTRO yur Yun we are sorry y to hear as we do from various parts of the country that a voracious worm resembling in appearance pe arance the measuring worm is devastating the apple orchards dest destroying roving the leaves and the fruit of the tree the ravages of the worm in some localities extended to the pear cherry and occasionally to the peach some of the forest trees frees do not escape the oak b hickory elm and linn a are r e seen entirely stripped of their foliage in some apple orchards scarcely a leaf is seen when the tree is shaken the worms swin swing down on a sort of web like that of the spider s one of which remains attached to a limb it is remarked that the woods since the recent rains exhibit an unusual variety of insect life reminding the observer of the fecundity of tropical productions in this one particular at least dayton 0 journal
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