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grafting the desired sorts into the limbs. There are a few favored 

 localities where nursery grafted trees even of Baldwin have suc- 

 ceeded in Maine, but so very rare as to be wholly exceptional. 

 There are other kinds such as Red Astrachan, Northern Spy and 

 a few others which succeed just as well when grafted or budded 

 near the ground in the nursery as when grafted into limbs. 



One of the most serious drawbacks to successful orcharding is 

 the ravages of the Apple Worm or Codling moth, and it is a grow- 

 ing evil, and likely to increase until efforts are earnestly and per- 

 sistently and extensively made to check it. Mr. Perley has 

 alluded to the winding of hay or straw bands around the tree, in 

 which the worm may find a lodgment, the bands to be afterwards 

 taken off and burnt. These bands have undoubtedly served a 

 good purpose, but not every one can so easily make and apply 

 such bands as they can bands made of strips of cloth, and these 

 are equally effectual, and need not be destroyed when removed for 

 the destruction of the worms, but can be repeatedly used, and 

 they are applied and fastened with more ease. They may be two 

 or three inches wide, of stout cloth or canvass, long enough to 

 encircle the tree or to wind spirally several times about it, and 

 may be secured by a tack or two at each end. They should be 

 applied the latter part of June, and should be removed, and the 

 insects destroyed at least once a fortnight so long as any apples 

 remain on the trees. 



At the session of the American Pomological Society held at 

 Richmond, Va., last September, there was shown an apple worm 

 trap by Thomas "Weir of Lacon, Illinois, which attracted much 

 attention, and was received with great favor on account of its 

 cheapness, simplicity, ease of application, and the evidence of 

 effectiveness which accompanied it. It was examined by a com- 

 mittee consisting of Charles Downing, Esq., Mr. Quinn and other 

 eminent horticulturists, and pronounced highly promising. 



It is made of three pieces of thin board, 12 to 20 inches in 

 length, and about 3 inches wide, varying a little* in width, and 

 fastened together with a screw in the middle by which the trap is 

 secured to the tree. The narrowest board is placed next the tree 

 and the widest outside. The boards are cut (semi-circularly) on 

 each side of the screw, to facilitate turning them apart for the 

 destruction of the insects. A few short pieces of straw are placed 

 between the boards, which serve both to guide the worm and to 

 keep the boards slightly apart. A knowledge of the habits of the 



