Insect Pests and Fungus Diseases of Fruit and Hops

Preface; Explanatory note; Section 1. Introduction; Section 2. How Fruit Trees Live: 1. The leaves; 2. The trunk and branches; 3. The root; 4. The flower (blossom); 5. The fruit; Part I. Insect Pests and their Control; Section 3. About Insects: 6. The structure of insects; 7. How insects live; 8. The changes which insects undergo; 9. How insects are classed; Section 4. Insect Pests: 10. Introduction to insect pests; 11. Moths and butterflies (general and classification); 12. Caterpillar pests; 13. Beetles (general and classification); 14. Weevil and grub pests; 15. Beetles and chafers and their grubs; 16. Flies and sawflies (general and classification); 17. Sawflies and midges (maggot pests); 18. Aphides and plant bugs (general and classification); 19. Aphides; 20. Bugs and hoppers; 21. Scale insects; 22. Mites; 23. Red spiders; 24. Worms, snails and slugs; Section 5. Insecticides: 25. Introduction; 26. Insecticide materials; Section 6. Beneficial Insects: 27. Beneficial insects; Part II. Fungus Diseases of Fruit and their Control; Section 7. Fungus Diseases: 28. About fungi; 29. Causes and prevention of fungus diseases; 30. Diseases of the apple; 31. Diseases of the cherry; 32. Diseases of the currant; 33. Diseases of the gooseberry; 34. Diseases of the hop; 35. Diseases of the peach; 36. Diseases of the pear; 37. Diseases of the plum; 38. Diseases of the raspberry; 39. Diseases of the strawberry; 40. Diseases of the vine; Section 8. Fungicides: 41. Introduction; 42. Fungicide materials; Part III. Spraying in Theory and Practice; Section 9. Spraying Appliances and Methods: 43. Introduction; 44. Types of spraying machinery; 45. Spraying methods; 46. Combined sprays; Section 10. Spraying Calendar; Section 11. Tables and Appendices: Table 1. Weights and measures in common use; Table 2. Strengths of solution; Table 3. Directions to find capacity of tanks; Table 4. Weights of common metals; Appendix 1. Calendar of insect pests; Appendix 2. The gipsy moth; Appendix 3. The structure of insects; Appendix 4. The hop dog; Appendix 5. Refractive indices of aqueous solutions of nicotine, refractive indices of aqueous solutions of pyridine; Appendix 6. Reversion of currants; Appendix 7. Arsenic poisoning; Appendix 8. Powder ('dry') spraying; Appendix 9. The use of beneficial insects in combating insect pests; Appendix 10. Cherry and plum leaf blight; Appendix 11. Spraying pump; Appendix 12. Plum leaf-curling aphis; Appendix 13. Apple sucker (psylla); Appendix 14. Lace-wing fly; General index.