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it will not be necessary to continue the hunt. In some years, 

 especially in those succeeding a very heavy crop, it may be neces- 

 sary to run the curculio-catcher every morning for four or five 

 weeks; but, as a rule, it will not be necessary to use it oftener 

 than two or three times a week during that season ; and some- 

 times the season may be shortened by one-half. The insects fall 

 most readily when the weather is cool and it is, therefore, best to 



39. — The Geneva type of curculio-catcher, 



get through the whole orchard, if possible, before noon. Upon 

 cloudy days, however, the insects may be caught all day. 

 Although this may seem to be a laborious and expensive opera- 

 tion, it really is not so. A smart man can attend to 300 to 400 

 full-bearing trees in six hours, if the ground has been well rolled 

 or firmed as it should be before the bugging operation begins. 

 But whether the operation is troublesome or not, it is the price of 

 plums and the grower must not expect to long succeed without 

 it. The same treatment is essential to the saving of peaches and 

 rarely, also, of sour cherries. 



