Annual Meeting at St. Joseph. Ill 



N. F. Murry : — Likes Early Harvest and it has paid as well 

 as any other variety in his orchard. Grimes' Golden is one of the 

 best. Also, Ben Davis, Jonathan, Winesap and E. Pennock. 



Chairman asks that the society divide the state into three 

 districts and a committee of three be chosen from each district to 

 make out a list of fruits for their district. 



The next paper was on 



HOW TO FIGHT THE CODLING MOTH. 



BY F. FLEISCHEK, GASCONADE CITY. 



Naturalists say that this moth was introduced from Europe 

 to this country. I believe it is the same species known in Ger- 

 many as Tinea pomonella (apfel schabe, ohen). The moth lays 

 its eggs in the blossom of the fruit. The young worms will feed 

 upon the fruit and eat down to the core of the apple, causing its 

 decay and dropping off. After the worms are full grown they will 

 generally build a nest under the loose bark of the tree in which 

 they change their form into that of a chrysalis. Next year early 

 in the spring the moth comes out. The moth may be caught in 

 great numbers by hanging up traps in the trees. Take a vessel, 

 put some sweet liquid in it — vinegar with sugar or molasses is very 

 good for that purpose — fasten to the top a funnel of strong paper 

 or tin in a way that its hole forms the only entrance to the liquid. 

 Between the end of the funnel and the liquid there should be sev- 

 eral inches of room. Bottles with wide mouths and without fun- 

 nels can also be used, but I believe the moths have more chance to 

 get out again. When a boy I caught in this way for my collection 

 of butterflies, hundreds of moths (Tmcae), Tortrices, Geometrae, 

 etc. To destroy the worms some recommend sprinkling of the 

 blossoms or young fruits with a solution of Paris Green and water. 

 This will only answer as long as the young fruit stands erect and 

 gives the fluid a chance to enter the holes, but as soon as the fruit 

 turns down this remedy cannot help any more. Swine and sheep 

 kept in orchards will eat all the fallen fruit and with it all these 

 little pests, and are therefore invaluable worm-destroyers. To 

 destroy the chrysalis, scraping off the loose bark in winter and keep- 

 ing the trunks always as clean and smooth as possible, is the best 

 remedy and preservative. So far I have had hardly any Codling 

 moth in my orchards. 



