The Quarterly Bulletin of the State Plant Board of Florida, Volumes 1-4
The Quarterly Bulletin of the State Plant Board of Florida, Volumes 1-4
State Plant Board of Florida
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J. W. Curry, of Manatee, Fla., on July 8, 1878, with the statement that "it seems to threaten the destruction of the sweet potato crop in this county". Prof. Comstock continues: "Mr. Curry was unable to give details respecting the habits of the insect, as he received the specimens from a planter residing • Bulletin No. 98, Texas Experiment Station. t Report of the Entomologist ; Report U. S. Commissioner of Aarricnlture, 1879, p. 249. • "Insects Injurious to Vegetables", p. 286, 1912. Digitized... by VjOOQ IC Sweet Potato Root Weevil 83 some distance from Manatee. February 20, 1880, I visited the locality in question hoping to be able to make a thorough study of the pest. But I found that Mr. Gillett, the planter referred to above, had dug his sweet potatoes a few days previous on account of the ravages of this insect. I was informed that the injury caused by this beetle was very great. In some fields nearly the whole crop was said to be destroyed." Although the Plant Commissioner and his assistants were aware of the published account, quoted in part above, regarding the weevil having been found in Manatee County as early as 1878, it was impossible, on account of all energies being di- rected to the immediate subjugation of citrus canker, to make any investigations regarding the sweet potato root weevil until the summer and fall of 1916.
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