Excerpt from The Melon Aphis: Aphis Gossypii Glov This is by far the most important and abundant aphis affecting melons and other cucurbits, and is not likely to be confused with any other species occurring habitually on the same class of plants. It is, indeed, a very important pest, and, taken season after season, the worst aphis occurring in this country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.