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TENANTS OF AN OLD FARM. 



FIG. 31. — BURROW OF 

 APPLE-WORM. 



though it is just possible that we may. However, let 

 us cut the apple in half and see. Here, you observe, is 

 a little burrow curving through the core between the 

 eye (Fig. 31) and the hole in the skin, and branching 

 oft' at the center, piei'cing the 

 apple again at a point above. 

 The worm that ate out this bur- 

 row is the caterpillar of the 

 codling-moth, Carpocapsa pomo- 

 neUa. It is a small insect, its 

 wings expanding three-fourths 

 of an inch ; they have the ap- 

 pearance of brown watered silk, 

 and on the hinder margin of 

 each of the forewings is a large 

 oval brown spot, edged with copper-color. The hind- 

 wings and abdomen have the lustre of satin." 



"Why is it called the cocZ?i'»r/-moth ?" asked the 

 Mistress. 



"Suppose we refer that to the Schoolma'am," I 

 answered. 



"Suppose we refer it to the dictionary," said 

 Abby, taking down the book from the shelf. "Here 

 it is " : 



" ' C'odlin^ or codling ' — spelled with one d, by-the- 

 wa}- — ' An immature apple.' And here are uses of the 

 word, one by Shakespeare : ' A codling when 'tis al- 

 most an apple ;' and one by King, ' In cream and cod- 

 lings reveling with delight.' I confess that is quite 

 new to nie. ;My notions of the word S£),vored chiefly of 



