| Show INJURY BY THE PEAR FEAR MIDGE small two winged fly lays its eggs in cluster at blossoming Bloss oming time no cure known IT M BRITTON I 1 the adult pear in midge I 1 dge which N 1 Is so destruct destructive i 0 to loung in many sections is a small two winged fly which laas its eggs in ili the cluster at blossoming bloss oming time larvae are times round found at the bae of the clfo at the time lime the petals fill fall and file luiei soon work their nai na into the oung fruit the infested pears pairs can nearly ildas lie be detected on account 0 u nt of 0 ther the r more globular glo buHr and abc acc liter i t r lop sided shape while the normal shaped fruits are free fro from in in I 1 geots the infested pears usually clack open after i a rain before the pears drop R lien hen fully full grown thu tho maggots are gibout gnp eighth of an inch in length the grow grov into the ground and form 1 young pear showing maggots inside minute oval cells in which they pupate and from which the adults emerge the following foll follow oming ing spring there is ono one brood each no remedy treatment is positively known other than gathering and de the infested pears before the maggots leane leae them this la a campara simple be caused the infested pears are so easily distinguished from rom the health fruit |
