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Coalburgh, Kana. Co. W Va. 3 May 1869

B D Walsh [[?]]

Rock Island, Ill. Drm. I noticed last week that one of my young apple trees was dead. found on examn. that some one working on the orchard had peeled the bark off [[?]] for 15 inches, from the ground up, seemed to have been dead all around the trunk -- [[?]] 2 1/2 in diameter. Was [[?]] that said "some one" was passing & noticed that worms were al work. had [[?]] [[?]] peeled the tree & found a great many. described as thirty or forty. I examined the ground just above the peeled part & found 2 little larvae & 4 chrysalids, sporting 2 of the latter. The larva eat the sappy part of the bark. Makes [[?]] chrysalis in a web which is full of dust from its gnawings. I send the 2 larvae. One is full grown I judge. Also in the cotton, in same vial, [[strikethrough]] no [[/strikethrough]] one chrysalis. I retain one. I found no mention of such a depradatn the apple tree in any book I have at hand. Evidently, through so small, it is a dangerous species.

Mr W H Edwards










 

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