Show 0 SLUGS ARE EASY TO CONTROL best spray Is arsenate of lead applied in such manner as to cover surface of leaves by C P colorado agricultural tural college fon colllns collins colo the dark brown snaillike snail like larvae that appear on the upper side of the leaves of cherry find and pear trees during the latter part of june and party parly in july tire are the young of what Is known as one of the saw flies this insect Is black about as large as tin an or ordinary possessed of four win wings These flies deposit their eggs one in a place jut just beneath the cuticle of the leaf by means of their sharp st ovipositor the location of each egg is Is indicated by a brown spot about the 4 colorado cherry tree size of a small pin head with the point of a knife the epidermis of the leaf may be raised so as to expose tile white egg beneath the damage done by these slugs Is often serious to the cherry find and pear foliage and Is sometimes quite destructive destruct le also to tile the foliage of plum ard and quince remedies slugs are very easily destroyed either by an arsenical i pray or by the use of white holl hellebore ebore the best arsenical to use Is arsenate of lead and should be applied as a misty spray so as to cover the upper surface of the loaves leaves as soon as the slugs are seen in any considerable numbers use ue la in the proportion of lead paste one pound water SO 30 gallons use the white hellebore in the proportion ol of one ounce of 0 the powder to each three gallons of water and spray is as directed in case of arsenate of lead above white bell hellebore ebore is fully as efficient ns as the of load lead and is to be recommended in all cases where there 1 Is fruit nearly mature upon the trees tree ns as it is not likely to do any serious injury to persons who might eat freely of the fruit afterwards |