Show CONTROL OF PLUM methods of combating pest occupy attention of bureau of entomology specialists new methods of combating the plum curculla tur cur culio cullo which has been raising havoc with the southern peach crop are occupying the attention of the bureau of entomology united states depart merit ment of agriculture this beetle which attacks attack s not only tile the you young ng fruit shortly after it has set but also fruit as it is nearly ripe on tile the tre trees e S lays its eggs under the skin the resulting grubs eating their way into the heart of the fruit the life of an individual adult curcillo cur cullo culici may be nearly one cue year and the beetles thus thu continue feeding on the leaves of the peach until hibernation late in the fal und and two or three months after the fruit has been harvested |