The curculio is a native of North America and for more than 150 years has been known as an enemy of fruits.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference

The chickens will keep the plum trees free from the "curculio,".    From Wordnik.com.  [Outdoor Sports and Games] Reference

The "curculio" alone destroys millions of dollars 'worth of fruit annually.    From Wordnik.com.  [The $100 Prize Essay on the Cultivation of the Potato. Prize offered by W. T. Wylie and awarded to D. H. Compton. How to Cook the Potato, Furnished by Prof. Blot.] Reference

The plum-curculio attacks nearly all stone fruits.    From Wordnik.com.  [Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation] Reference

It also attracts butternut curculio to the nursery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951] Reference

The butternut curculio was most frequently mentioned.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference

The brown rot, assisted by the curculio, took them all.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference

Another serious insect pest on hazelnut is the curculio.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948] Reference

My Gellatly heartnut was riddled by the curculio last year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947] Reference

This method will also destroy the plum-curculio in orchards.    From Wordnik.com.  [Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation] Reference

He is more destructive to walnut and plum than the curculio.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference

The butternut and hazel curculio appear to me to be the same insect.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947] Reference

The weevil (curculio) was bad enough last year so we are spraying this year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947] Reference

That probably, in most cases, is caused by the butternut or the walnut curculio.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference

Possibly the curculio is not able to penetrate the thick husk in laying its eggs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946] Reference

In such locations the butternut curculio also attacks and destroys the young nuts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952] Reference

Hybrids between butternut and black walnut are viciously attacked by this curculio.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference

In Ontario until the present time the curculio has not attacked Carpathian walnuts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943] Reference

It looks like the plum curculio, my arch insect enemy, is trying the nuts for size.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference

Is the plum curculio causing much damage to the fruit growing industry of this country?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference

It is important to know that a large percentage of rotted plums have been injured by curculio.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference

Some hybrids are reported as being relatively immune to the attacks of curculio (Weschcke, 1946).    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948] Reference

Canada; for next to English walnuts the curculio loves heartnut foliage and its new branch growth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference

Mitchell hybrid, (butternut x heartnut) with us, appears to have natural immunity to the curculio.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943] Reference

Here again the cause was not winter injury so much as either the butternut curculio or other causes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947] Reference

One of these, the butternut snout beetle or curculio, attacks both the butternut and the Japanese walnut.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference

Hybrids between English walnut and other species of walnut which I have here also become a prey to curculio.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference

A poison on the young foliage as soon as the beetles begin to feed is the best method of combating curculio.    From Wordnik.com.  [Apple Growing] Reference

We did not apply our first spray quite soon enough and curculio larvae had already invaded a few of the terminals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947] Reference

Agriculture, and I have had a good chance to study the effect of spraying on peaches in preventing brown rot and curculio.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916.] Reference

I have seen it on English walnut seedlings in nursery rows where there would be very large kill-back from the walnut curculio.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference

I mentioned a while ago that this butternut curculio causes quite a bit of concern and also spoke about its being in terminals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference

I have been unable to find any sign of curculio injury this year, although I have seen it nearby on some native butternut trees.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947] Reference

As stated before we have found that the butternut curculio is a very bad pest with the Persian walnuts, also heartnuts and butternuts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947] Reference

What turned out to be the butternut curculio attacked all grafted and seedling trees with such vigor that there was no way to combat it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference

I noticed in the American Fruit Grower that plum curculio was controlled in the peach orchards through the use of hexaethyl tetraphosphate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947] Reference