APPLE TREE PEST
FORTUNATE DISCOVERY ' LONDON. March 24. Mr Fryer, entomologist to the Minis hy of Agriculture at the flarpemlen laboratories, says startling result.- sometime-, follow the examination of insect specimens forwarded to Hie department. "!■". r example." said Mr Fryer, "the eapsid bug was regarded as a harmless parasite ol the willow tree until a small tanner scut us a specimen, accompanied by the piece of apple on which it had li'. on found. Ii was instantly realised that Ihe eapsid bug had I ired i f the \>. illow and transferred its attentions lo the apple tree. "It is now a most dangerous apple pest and would have ihrived prosperous iv fi r years but for Ihe farmer s sub u.is-i.'U i !' his specimen."
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 6 April 1926, Page 5
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124APPLE TREE PEST Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 6 April 1926, Page 5
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