EEMEDIEti. 399 



REMEDY NO. 72. 



Fi'uit-liouses, store-rooms, etc., in which fruit is stored, 

 packed or sold, should be thoroughly cleaned in the month of 

 ^larch of each year. In cases where they cannot be closed up, 

 as described in Chapter XII, page 89, a solution should be 

 made by saturing chloride of lime with coal oil, all that it will 

 take up, then thinning with water until it can be used with a 

 brush. All cracks, crevices, or seams in walls, skirtings, floors 

 etc., should be thoroughly saturated with this solution. This 

 will penetrate the cocoons or nests, and effectually destroy the 

 larvffi and pupa3 of the codlin moth. 



8ee Remedy No. 75. 



REMEDY NO. 78. 



A. — A most effectual remedy to prevent cut-worms from 

 ascending a tree is to fasten a piece of tin or zinc around the 

 tree, just above the ground. It should be cut out in a circular 

 form, so that when placed on a tree it will be in the shape of 

 an inverted funnel. The caterpillar cannot creep over the 

 smooth surface of the tin. If the tin is not perfectly smooth, 

 it should be made wider. 



B. — It is also an excellent trap to dig holes with peri)endic- 

 ular sides in the ground around the trees; the caterpillars 

 falling into the holes cannot get out until captured. Holes 

 made in the ground with a stick are sometimes used. They 

 may also be captured in the manner recommended in Remedy 

 No. 22. 



C. — Cabbage leaves spread around the roots of plants in- 

 fested l)y cut-worms are excellent traps, as the pests take shel- 

 ter under the leaves and do not enter the ground. By exam- 

 ing the leaves in the morning the pest can be found and de- 

 stroyed. 



T>. — I have been very successful in destroying cut-worms by 

 dusting, or applying in solution, Paris green, or London pur- 

 ple, or arsenic, on the lower side of cabbage leaves placed on 

 grounds infested by cut-worms, invariably finding all tluit had 



