apple blight

British  

noun

1. Also called: American blight.  an aphid, Eriosoma lanigera, that is covered with a powdery waxy secretion and infests apple trees

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Example Sentences

Blights are all over, the pear blight, the apple blight, the lettuce blight.

From Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the eighth annual meeting Stamford, Connecticut, September 5 and 6, 1917 by Northern Nut Growers Association

As an example take the pear and apple blight.

From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. November 18 and 19, 1913 by Northern Nut Growers Association

The true apple blight is a malady of very serious character, that invades many orchards in the Western States.

From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.