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greeu, and others have, and for myself I would not hesitate to use it, but some 

 of our best entomologists consider there is great danger in the use of this 

 poison, and I prefer not to be put on record as recommending it for others' 

 use. I used the poison on my own trees and shall not hesitate to do so again. 



H. W. Doney, Jackson: Did you eat the apples? 



Prof . Cook : Yes, without hesitation, and have experienced no disastrous 

 effects. I took a hundred calyxes out of as many apples when full grown, upon 

 which Paris green had been used freely, and placed them in the hands of Dr. 

 Kedzie, who did not succeed in finding a trace of poison, and chemistry, you 

 know, detects pretty small quantities. 



H. P. Hanford, i3ristol, Indiana: I know that Loudon purple is an effectual 

 remedy for codling moth. I have tried it, and one application does the busi- 

 ness. I use five ounces to 48 gallons of water. The same solution will use 

 up the thrips on our grape vines. 



J. S. Woodward, Lockport, N. Y. : We use Paris green in solution for 

 destroying the codling moth. We use it instead of London purple because 

 there is not so much danger of killing the leaves. In western New York we 

 feel pretty good over this application of Paris green for it originated with us. 

 Two men will spray 100 trees in half a day by the use of appliances that will 

 suggest themselves to any orchardist, and it will be remembered that while 

 working against the interests of the codling moth you are defeating the pur- 

 poses of the canker worm and leaf slug, and I have yet to learn of a single 

 instance where any one has been injured by the use of the poison. I confess 

 that for my own part I do not use this remedy much for I have a better one. 



A voice : Tell us about it. 



Mr. Woodward : I have told it before in your meetings. I grow hogs and 

 sheep in my orchards. The latter I consider rather the best ''insecticide" 

 for hogs sleep too soundly. I know that others have not found this plan 

 successful, but my belief is that their lack of success is owing to their stingi- 

 ness. A good many more sheep should be kept in the orchard than will be 

 supported there, and they should be fed well and given plenty of pure water. 



Mr. Hanford : I have seen trees peeled by sheep the whole length of the 

 trunk. Don't you find trouble? 



Mr. Woodward: No sir; good water for the animals to drink and a wash of 

 whale oil soap on the bodies of trees will effectually prevent this. 



A paper was now read from the pen of H. D. Cutting, an apiarian and hor- 

 ticulturist of Clinton, Lenawee county, upon the topic 



BEES AND GKAPES. 



In commencing an article of this kind I am well aware there exists a great 

 prejudice in the minds of some horticulturists in regard to bees doing damage 

 to grapes and other fruits. I have talked with a great many fruit men and 

 find many will say, "The bees just swarm on my grapes and destroy them." 

 Again I find men who say, ''The bees swarmed on my fruit, but I found they 

 were after damaged fruit and did not touch any that was sound." 



About five years ago I commenced a series of experiments to ascertain if 

 bees did do any damage to grapes and other fruits. I found that bees would go 

 on to grapes if they were in a damaged condition. I found that the wasps and 

 birds did the damage in some cases and then the bees would finish up their 

 work. Great changes in the weather at time of ripening would cause grapes 

 to crack open ever so little and the bees would go on and clean them out. In 



