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The Apple Fruit Moth. — [Carpocapsa pomonella). 



commonly called codling moth. (See Fig. 34). As usual, has been very dilligent this 



season, and wherever there was fruit upon which to 

 feed, it has shown that this fruit was not over- 

 , looked. An account of the general and almost un- 

 paralleled scarcity of the fruit, however, this season, it 

 is confidently hoped that they have not propagated 

 to any great extent, and that a comparative immu- 

 nity from their ravages may be expected in the future. 

 The apple-grower must ever be industrious, and at 

 all times on the watch, never forgetting that " eternal 

 vigilance is the price of fruit." This advice also holds 

 good in the case of plums, for the Plum Curculio 

 {Gonotracheluii Ncnnfhar, see Fig. 35), has had much 

 better accommodation for rapid propagation than 

 that of the apple moth. The plum crop in some sec- 

 tions was very abundant and good ; but in others it 

 was totally destroyed by the workings of this industrious 

 and active beetle. I noticed also that the little Turk, 

 as it has appropriately been called, would not scruple 

 to attack our peaches, in case a scarcity of plums occurred, and that in this way the 



the peach crop this season suffered very severely. 



The CAEBAfiE Worm {Pieris rapae), has this season 

 been at work in full force, and has been very generally 

 and extensively disastrous to our cabbages. They are very 

 troublesome, especially to market gardeners, and where re- 

 medies were not used, the cabbages were totally destroyed. 

 The parent of this larva .seems to have no definite con- 

 ception of the nature and severity of the changes of our 

 climate, and in this respect it shows its foreign origin, as 

 iu any fine day in October she may be seen busily flitting 

 about over the cabb.ages,(fcc., apparently eager in the business 

 of depositing her eggs ; and the young larva may be 

 seen thus late in the season in all stages of development, 

 regardless of the severe and destructive changes that are at hand. A sharp Canadian 

 frost comes as it did this year, Nov. 9, and lays the whole brood motionless on the 

 ground. Nevertheless there may be some danger of protecting these late worms in our 

 ellars and cabbage ]Mts, where tlie crop has been early stored away ; and so the condi- 

 tions for future broods may thus be secured. 

 But perhaps there is little need of concern on this 

 point, as insect nature has usually been found 

 to carefully and effectually provide for itself 



g^ The Isabella Tiger Moth. — {Ardia Isa- 

 bella. See Fig. 36 for representation of this in- 

 sect in its various stages). — As usual, has an 

 abundance of her hairy larva abroad this fall. 

 But as these hairy caterpillars are not known to 

 be very seriously injurious to vegetation, and so 

 scarcely come under our caption. I therefore 

 pass them gently by. I have thus hastily glanc- 

 ed at some of the most common and prominently 

 dcstiuctive insects that have come forcibly before 

 my notice this season. I regret, however, my utter 

 inability to treat the subject more thoroughly, 

 -p. „ and to better advantage. 



Fig. 35. 



