apple blight

noun

an aphid, Eriosoma lanigera, that is covered with a powdery waxy secretion and infests apple trees Also calledAmerican blight

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

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

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