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tory of this insect, lie will know that the female is a 

 windless moth which comes out from her tdbernating-case 

 early in the spring and ascends the tree to lay her eggs 

 thereon. If he has been aware of the probable presence 

 of this female in his orchard, he will have banded his 

 trees with ropes of hay or paper or cotton. These hands 

 will have been smeared with printer's ink, coal tar or 

 pine tar, or some such adhesive substance, which would 

 have arrested her in her ascent and have held her last 

 until she perished. Or if he has not done this, the first 

 caterpillar swinging from its thread will have been to 

 him a signal for the advance of the spraying-pump. 



The Codling Moth. 1 -- Almost every lover of fruit has 

 seen a wormy apple, and the well-informed know that 

 the cause of that hole in the apple is a little worm, the 

 parent of which we call the codling moth. This apple 

 worm is one of the most serious obstacles in the way of 

 the profitable production of apples by the average fruit- 

 grower. From one-fourth to one-half of the apple crop 

 in the United States is mined annually by this insect. 

 It may be well, then, to give this important pest grave 

 attention. It is likely that it was introduced into the 

 United States from Europe in packages of apples or 

 pears, and was probably brought over about the middle 

 of the 18th century. At the present ! ime it is considered 

 a pest in every section where apple trees are bearing. 

 It is chiefly distributed by means of the apple, in 

 which it lives until it is full-fed. In barrels in which 

 these apples are packed it finds a very suitable place 



1 Carpocapsa pomonella. 



