368 Missoitri State Horticultural Society. 



above ground may be used in liquid form, and he preferred to apply 

 them in that way. 



Within a radius of a mile from where I write there are proba- 

 bly four thousand aj^ple trees one-half of which are in bearing 

 this year. Were it not for the codling moth these two thousand 

 trees would give their owners four or five thousand bushels of 

 handsome, marketable fruit. As it is, they will not save half so 

 many, and most of these will be deformed, knotty and wormy, only 

 fit for hogs, or to grind for vinegar. The difference in the cash 

 account would more than pay for the labor of enough men to keep 

 the insects in check. 



It is a serious fact, that fruit-growers will have to accept — 

 they must use more vigilance in the destruction of insect enemies, 

 or they must quit planting for fruit. The curculio is master of the 

 field long ago, as regards plums, apricots, and nectarines — all of 

 which could be grown in abundance, were it not for them — and the 

 codling moth is fast gaining a like ascendency. 



What is difficult for one man to do alone, can be done by two 

 or three neighbors conjointly. And if two or three would join, 

 and each spring hire one man or set of men, and make it a busi- 

 ness to fight the codling moth through the necessary period, the 

 work would be accomj)lished, and great would be the results. — 

 T. G. 



BEXEFICIAL INSECTS. 



One of the most beneficial families of beetles is that of the trim 

 little lady-birds which nearly every one has seen and admired. 

 These insects belong to the family Coccinellidce, and are the most 

 active enemies of the thousands of plant lice or " green flies " which 

 infest nearly all trees and shrubs in spring and summer. Another 

 family which are very beneficial are the ground beetles (Carabidai), 

 some specimens of which are illustrated here. These are common 

 and may be seen any summer day by turning up boards, sticks or 

 stones in moist places. They live largely upon the juices of other 

 insects, such as cajiker-worms, army-worms, potato-beetles, Kocky- 

 mountain locusts, etc. 



THE PLUM CURCULIO AGAIN. 



We have recently interviewed some of the most successful plum 

 growers of Michigan as to the best method of fighting the *' little 

 Turk," and are more convinced than ever that jarring is the safest 

 and most practicable remedy. Judge Eamsdell, one of the most 

 successful and intelligent of Michigan pomologists, said : ''I have 



