Show INSECT ENEMIES OF APPLE ARE HARMFUL annual loss to crop estimated at bulletin aued by department of agriculture ri describes peculiar char of pt posts and means of control prepared by br the th un united eted Dev arimOnt ot of aar I 1 culture states abo annutto lusa loss to the apple crop 0 of the united states from insect is conservatively placed tit nt froin roro 10 to 20 per cent of the crop value or at least according to united or of agriculture ri to this should be added the loss losa of the trees treba themselves from froin such insects as apple tree borers and settle insects and tile considerable bount amount expended tor for spraying apparatus in and labor in farmers bulletin 1270 the more alore important apple insects by A L nd R E 11 II onto just issued are described the general distribution life history and 11 nd type ot of injury inflicted by over ak grub of codling moth r GO CO insect pests which attack tile the buds leaves fruit burk bark trunk brunches or roots oi of apple trees many eions show the linture of the injury anti help identify the different insects alet methods lods of control ore are given together f with spraying tabled for tile most common and destructive insects tho the codling moth Is looked upon as aa tile the most serious insect enemy of the tipple the plum curcillo cur cullo probably ranks next settle insects aphids tent caterpillars len leaf rollers and delpy nd and brown tall moths tiro anro among tile anany insects discussed in the bulletin frequently the control inon inca for one pest will also afford protection from another the bulletin ts Is available upon application to tile united states department of agriculture nt washington D C |