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remedy lijowever is a bandage of some sort tied about tlie 

 tree once or twice or even more. All rongli bark and any- 

 thing else that can afford shelter for the worms should bo 

 thoroughly removed, for the use of the bandage is to afford 

 an attractive shelter to the worms as they leave the fruit 

 and instinctively seek a hiding place in which to pass the 

 chrysalis state, and. they will take the best that offers, so 

 that if the trap is to succeed, no rival shelter must remain 

 near. The time at which the bandages should be kept 

 about the trees will differ somewhat in different latitudes. 

 They should be first placed about the trees just before the 

 worms come from the young fruit, that is about a month 

 after the trees are in bloom, which would be in this region 

 early in June. It is useless to trouble about the bandages 

 before this time. From the lirst of June until the fruit ia 

 picked, the bandages should be kept in order, being exam- 

 ined every week or ten days, and the chrysalids destroyed. 

 During the latter part of the season they need less close 

 watching. As to the material of the bandages it does not 

 seem to make much difference what it is so far as the moths 

 are concerned, several made of different materials being 

 equally as efficient, but some are more convenient and eco- 

 nomical than others. Old rags have been much used and 

 are undoubtedly good. Hay bandages are also good and 

 the material cheap, but less easily applied to the tree than 

 some others. Kiley recommends, as cheapest and best, ban- 

 dages of common coarse straw paper, made by folding 

 sheets loosely and fastening them with a tack about the 

 tree. These strips have proved very efficacious, are cheap, 

 easily attached to the tree and easily burned. A more ex- 



