The sun., 1900-12-16
orrioox ron 0Rssx rsAs roor.
The seed crop small and = Hungry Aphis
Ready 60 Resume work Nest sprins.

Tho reports collected this autumn from
| tho seed growers pfosaso disnppointmcnt
! for lovers - green peas next spring Tho
general story " 81 partial failure Of tho green
! peaa grown for seed In sone cases only
/ hnlf y crop has been gathered and IN others
the loss has been larger This means higher
price. for seed. condition which Of nsolf
would prevent some growers from raising
tho vegetables
Then the aphl' IL to be reokoned with
The aphls IL a little insect 81 beautiful light
green It IL similar TO the peat which Il ono
Of the reasons why everybody can't grow
roses II first made itself generally re-
marked n couple of years ago This year
In the latter part Of tho spring and In tho
curly summer IL appeared In wat numbers.
utterly destroying whole crops OF peas.
The first crop grown during the cool weather
In the early Part Of spring escaped It Some
growers attribute this immunity to the fact
that favorable weather enabled the vines
to become vigorous enough to resist Its at
tacks: Others believe that at that time tho
pest simply had not spread Later crops
succumbed to 1t so that the vines produced
absolutely no peas. or so few as not 10 be
worth picking Long Island suffered severely
and so did growers in Delaware and Mary
land and New Jersey. In localities further
north, the sphls did not appear. either be-
cause It had not spread to them or because
the cooler climate did not favor its Develop
mcnt The severity Of the evil may be aII-
preclated from the fact that tho losses u
growers on the pea crop have been estimated
The appearance Of the aphs Ia one OF those
things WHICH arouse the wonder ana ad-
philosophical and impartial calm TO con-
template the destruction, of the crop upon
which he has labored. Thus take a small,
ha Tr1asa gnrden amid a WlldprupSs of
houses and vacant lots, far from SURROUNDINGS
calculated to tempt the aphiS and other pests
their rightful haunts as to be hidden frorn
them and secure Ono day, after long
car, and thought and n6or, the philCisonher
delicate fresh green. their graceful ylgor.
and anticipates the feast which they are
he notss with concern that there seems a
trne less yigor about tlem Just trite, not
so much as would he apt TO be noticed by tne
slighte't Ill i TO its mother Another day md
with alarm le sce; that the vines no long.
droop and ihat pallor hi29s come upon the
brIlliancy " the green; lie examines them
ana hnds them GOV. cd with millions OF in
The wonder is. how did these tiny creatures
find in an are 10 them inmeasuraeiy vast
senge S%s 'G %y wsi esa vy hs sG@a Pd dd ana h
ton; but the marvel remains that they wefe
a le to discover tho peas. II /; not as II they
to to- Geld beyond. II is rathsr ~ i there
were but one spot IN region as large as
the State OF New York where man could l!vo
and that man were able to discover infalli-
bly, that one spot.
The rest is soon told The aphis covers
Juices out. so that hrst growth stops and then
the rlrnt dies No adequate remedy has
been discovered for the rest Various in
sectlcides kill them. but the trouble IL IN ap-
ulving the remedy in an effective manner.
They may be shaken on the vines TIL the
ground beneath is covered, but others take
their lace. and. besides, the plant IS apt TO
have been rretrievably ruined when this !
stage has been reached They have various |
enemies in the insect world, but their num-
hers are so vast that thev can satisfy even |
the rapacious insect appetites without ap- |
parent diminntlon of their own legions. For |
those who grow on largo scale 'he task
Of Hghling the pea aphis is difficult If not |
iInnoSshle
There is no apparent reason now why ME |
next wear "a Il was this yenr. particularly |
ss Il attacked the full crop OF rcas IN sons |
localities al least Growers are therefore |
by the two facts Tint they are |
lilolv to have 10 pay high Prices next year |
for their seed peas, and that tho crop may be |
efforts 10 raising the first crop Of early pens. |
which escaped the aphis this year; others
NAV turn their attention 10 other crops, |
So hat there Is likely TO be a shortage Of green
fph,ing the arhi. effectively and chcnrlv |
The anhs att cl;od the sweet pea vines also,
,hOugi perha c to q lcss serious extent Rows
which should have been brilliant with every
hue = the rainbow were shabby and be
iracglcd and in picking the flowers great care
rwarired rhout them So The eve suffered
tho auhis well AZ the palatN.