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Laws, crab apples, and quinces. It also shows a decided 

 taste for pears, and has been found upon peaches, apri- 

 cots, and cherries. 



Comparatively few frn it-growers, doubtless, are ac- 

 quainted with the parent moth. The insect is about an 

 inch in wing expanse, and has brown-colored front 

 wings with lighter brown-colored hind wings. It might 



FIG. 105. A pear and two apples. The petals have fallen. The calyx lobes 

 are still widely spread. Just the right time to spray. After photograph by M. V. 

 Slingerland. 



be well here to enter somewhat into the life history of 

 the codling moth, in order that the stages through which 

 this insect passes may be more fully understood. The 

 egg is laid upon the side of the apple, like a minute 

 drop of milk adhering to the skin of the fruit. It has 

 frequently been supposed that it is always laid upon 

 the fruit itself; this is not the case, as investigations 



