Reports on the Noxious, Beneficial and Other Insects of the State of New York

Asa Fitch

ISBN 10: 0371419182 / ISBN 13: 9780371419182

Published by HardPress Publishing, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reports on the Noxious, Beneficial and Other Insects of the State of New York
• Publisher: HardPress Publishing
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371419182
• ISBN 13: 9780371419182
• Binding: PAP
• Condition: New
• Weight: 597 grams

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Synopsis

Reports On The Noxious, Beneficial And Other Insects Of The State Of New York by Asa Fitch is a mid-19th-century scholarly monograph issued in 1859 by the New York State Agricultural Society’s entomologist. The work launches the third annual insect report in Fitch’s program to assemble a practical, condensed map of injurious, beneficial, and other insects affecting New York agriculture. It emphasizes economic entomology—identification, life histories, and practical remedies for insects harming crops, trees, livestock, and people—and is written to be accessible to farmers and the general reader, with common and scientific names. The book lays out an all-objective framework for classifying pests by the object they affect (fruit trees, forest trees, grasses, grain, gardens, greenhouse, domestic goods) and by plant part attacked, preparing readers for a comprehensive, ordered reference. The Apple and Pear sections illustrate pests by site (roots, trunk, limbs, leaves, fruit) with life cycles and often remedies; other crops such as Peach, Nectarine, Apricot, Plum, and Grapes follow. Throughout, Fitch blends observation, historical notes, nomenclature, and management guidance.