Windfall
A term frequently applied to such fruits as may often be found lying in an immature condition below the trees, e.g., Apples, &c. The young fruits may be knocked off by one branch striking on another in a high wind; but very frequently the cause of the premature fall will be found, on careful examination, to be the presence of some parasite in the fruit. The most frequent cause is a larva feeding on the seeds, e.g., the Apple or Codlin Grub (Carpocapsa pomonana in immature Apples. Such larvae generally leave the fruit very soon after its fall, to burrow in the soil, and there to become pupae. It is, therefore, very desirable to prevent future harm by having the Windfalls picked up without delay, and given to pigs, or placed where the larvae may be unable to find a favourable situation for becoming pupae.