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our New England staple, codfish— cod^m*/, a young cod. 

 What a useful book a dictionary is !" 



"Yes, when one has learned the art of using it. Had 

 you looked further you would probably have found that 

 cod is an old word for pod. An apple is simply an edi- 

 ble pod, the case that contains the seed of a tree. Now 

 we may get back to our story. 



" Pomonella is an immigrant, not a native American ; 

 she was imported to this country about the beginning 

 of this century, and has so well improved her time and 

 opportunities that her progeny may be found in nearly 

 the whole of North America.'" 



"Whence did she come ?" asked Abby. 



" From Europe, directly, at least, to us." 



"There! I am glad to learn that," returned the 

 Schoolma'am. " I shall make good use of the fact when 

 I next hear of America's viciousness in sending the 

 Colorado potato-beetle to England." 



"Well," said the Mistress, " didn't we send the 

 potato first ? Surely, our cousins should share with us 

 the entomological ' trimmings.' " 



" All of which," I resumed, " would scarcely recom- 

 pense our apple-growers for great loss inflicted upon 

 their orchards. There are two broods of insects every 

 year. The early brood appears about the time of apple- 

 blossoms, having spent the winter in the larval state. 

 In spring the larvte change into brown crysalids ; 

 shortly after, the moths appear. The female moths 

 seek the young fruit just as it is forming, and deposit 

 their tiny yellow eggs in the calyx or eye, that is, the 



