REMEDIES. 375 



REMEDY NO. 17. 



In store-rooms, packing-rooms, etc., infested by the dried- 

 fruit moths, put shelves across the windows and dust them 

 over with buhach ; renew the powder at least every second 

 day, but better results will be obtained by renewing it daily. 



REMEDY NO. 18. 



For cleaning dried fruit infested by the larvae of the dried- 

 fruit moth, various methods are used ; some place the fruit in 

 ovens, others scald it. A practical plan used by extensive 

 dealers, especially when the infested fruit is in sacks or boxes 

 that are not moth-proof, is as follows : A cylinder about 

 twelve feet in length, constructed of two circular ends eighteen 

 inches in diameter, on which are nailed strips of wood twelve 

 feet long, two inches wide and nearly one inch thick ; between 

 the strips an opening of about three eights of an inch is left 

 (the openings at the lower end are large enough to let the 

 fruit pass through). The cylinder is placed on a frame, one 

 end of which is a few inches lower than the other end ; it rests 

 on a central shaft, to one end of which is attached a crank, by 

 whi(;h the cylinder is turned around. The fruit is j^laced in 

 the cylinder through an opening at the higher end ; by turn- 

 ing the cylinder the worms (larvffi) are shaken out of the fruit 

 and fall through the openings between the slats. The excre- 

 ments and webs of the worms is also cleaned oflf' of the fruit. 

 All larvae taken out of fruit in this way should be destroyed by 

 scalding, or otherwise. 



REMEDY NO. 19. 



Ten pounds of fine sulphur and one pound of buhach ; mix 

 thoroughly and apj)ly with a sulphur duster after sunset. Or 

 if the vines are not in bearing, and the attack is not of a 

 serious nature, use No. 103, or No. 10, or No. 89. Read No. 

 123 carefully. 



Note. — The sulphur, if applied with buhach, will prevent 

 mildew. 



