Discussion on Mr. Kellogg's Paper. 121 



Mr. Peffer, of Wisconsin — I beg to disagree with the President. 

 I brought those ap])les from my home. That is the work of the 

 gouger. I have hatched them out and know them to be different. 

 The curculio is larger. 



President Earle — The curculio in Southern Illinois does exactly 

 this kind of work. • 



3Ir. Goodman, of Missouri — The gouger is the greatest pest in 

 our State. We shake them the same as the curculio. The Wild 

 Goose will bear immensely if the gouger is kept off. It stings the 

 fruit much oftener than the curculio. 



President Earle — Does the gouger transform in the apples? 



J/r. Goodman — I think it usually does in the plums. 



President Earle — The curculio stings apples and pears, but the 

 eggs seldom hatch ; but they injure the fruit by scarring it, as you 

 see these specimens are. 



3Ir. Kendel, of Ohio — Torches placed in the orchard at night will 

 kill a great many codling moths and curculios. 



Mr. Van Bemun, of Kansas — It is useless to burn torches for the 

 curculio, as it is diurnal in its habits. 



Mr. Hoffman, of Kansas — Dilute coal tar, half pint to the barrel 

 of water, sprayed over the trees after each rain storm will prevent 

 the ravages of the curculio. 



Mr. Cayicood, of New York — Apples were selling, four weeks 

 ago, in Xew York, at §1 to $1.50 per barrel. Does it pay to raise 

 apples at such prices ? 



Mr. Gibb, of Quebec — In Quebec orcharding does not pay on 

 low lands. On the hill slopes it pays better. A neighbor of mine 

 began orcharding about twenty years ago. He has realized about 

 seventy-five per cent on his capital, though his investment has been 

 small. Plums, of the Damson type, are grown to considerable ex- 

 tent with us. They are sent to the Montreal markets by the barrel. 



Mr. Sanders, of Indiana — We protect our Wild Goose by letting 

 pigs and chickens have the range of the orchard. With this treat- 

 ment the curculio only thins out the crop, so that we have good fruit. 



President Earle — We think we know the curculio in Southern 

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