100 TENANT t< OF AN OLD PARM. 



"Of course, an}- smoking, to Ije eftl'ctive, should be 

 done in the season -when the moths are laying their 

 eggs. That may smother or drive away the mothers. 

 I would recommend carefully scraping off the loose and 

 rugged bark of the trees in the spring, in order to de- 

 stroy the crysalids. Perhaps the most effective plan is 

 the old-fashioned band-trap. A band of old cloth or a 

 twist of common brown paper is wound around or hung 

 in the crotches of the trees, or wrapped about the trunk. 

 In these the apple-worms will conceal themselves, and 

 thus great numbers of the larva and cocoons may be 

 taken and destroyed from the time when they first 

 begin to leave the apples, during the last of May, until 

 the fruit is gathered. Of course, the bands should be 

 often examined. There is one precaution, however, 

 that is certainly very useful. As the larvse leave the 

 fruit soon after it drops from the trees, the wind-Mien 

 apples should be gathered up daily and such immediate 

 use made of them as will be sure to kill the insects 

 before they have time to escape." 



"Oh, dear!" cried Abb}', laughing, "that means 

 fresh — c/cZer .'" and she pointed to our empty glasses. 

 "Shan't I help you to a little more? You must be 

 thirsty from talking." 



" Certainly ; you shall not destroy my relish for the 

 drink even though you make it sure that Hugh and 

 Dan did put a few worm-eaten apples into the mill. I 

 am reminded of a remark that I recently heard Dr. 

 Joseph Leidy make at a meeting of the Philadelphia 

 Academ3- of Natural Sciences. He had been making a 



