The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-31
Pear BliRht Beetle

1rhr bHEhN Beftte
 IL seems that this destructive pest is crAating havoc this season with apple trees, although it is classed among the pear enemies. It's effect on trees So closely resembles the true blight that its ravages are always termed blight. It's attack commenced very early this season. The symp- toms are manifested by the tips of the apple branches dying, turning black and the trouble progresses down the stems until whole branches may die. The small beetles penetrate the tender extremities,. .burrowing in, and after excavating tunnels, lays a brood of eggs wh-ie.l soon hatch and feed on a fungus created by the beetles, .ntil grown, when they es- cape from their burrows and proceed to create another generation. The same beetle will attack young nur- sery stock, gaining an entrance usu- ally at some point of injury, such as a pruned bud. About the only thing that can be done at this time is to cut out all terminal foliage affected. making the cut back trough firm, healthy growth. The effected cut tings should be burned and the fresh cut disinfected ith paint or car bolated ointment. The best perma- nent methods of control Is any gem eraI plan of fall. winter and early spring spraying, that must be done if we are to grow fr~its.
 Red Bugs
 Most everybody has at least q speaking acquaintance with the spe- cies of red bugs that are so trouble some to the human anatomy, and it might be interesting to know that 1 even this same insect feeds also on | certain plants.
 The red bug that wish to call at | tention to, however fs the apple red | bug, serious pest to the apple in 1 dustry. It is a minute insect that | punctures young apples, sucks the 1 juices, causing many to fall off and those that don't fall will be pitted with hard, eoncave fluctuations. thus causing a deformed or withered as- pect to the fruit. Most every one of you have noticed these hard pitted spots on apples. The egs are laid under, the protection of the bark, in fact, imbedded into the bark, making 1t difficult to reach them with a spray. The eggs hatch about the blooming time of the apple, and the young minute red worm at first may feed on the foliage. causing little red dots on the leaves. They soon attack the young apple and subsequent breeds may attack the fruit when 1t becomes larger. It Is difficult to pre- scribe a specific remedy for this min ute mlte-like adult insect, but any spraying campaign, particularly after budding time in early spring, does greatly reduce the trouble. The pur- pose of this article Is to again call attention to the necessity of com l piehensive sprayi~ program.
 Questions and Answers | O-Would the butterfly flower produce bloooms planted this late7 l Miss E. Adger.
 -Schizanstrus or butterfly flow CT. Is a hardy annual and would doubtless bloom when planted this
 o'-Is the Japanese rose any dIf. | ferent from our own roses? Mrs
 A-All depends on the difference | in species sWhat Is generally known In this country as Japanese ros, | frosa rugosa), Is beautiful orna. mental plant flowers single and | semi double, various colors, foliage | heavy. dark, wrinkled and bears large orange colored fruit.