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lakiii;; cftnrt in llic ii.iilrul nf iiici|iicii| mitlircMUs oT siu-li ]icsls which I'xpi'i-ifiirc' 

 Ikivi' slioxNii 111 I,c iiijui'iiiiis ill iilliri niiiiitrirs. 'I"ii llmsc nl' us who itmIIzi' tin' 

 ^TMiliial asii'iHlaiiiy Ihal many i.T llicsc iiiscrls arc ^'ainiii;; in llic I'niviiicc. anil 

 Willi rcco-nizc llic ]i(issilile ilaiificr llial awails llic nvcliai-ilisr in llic cnirsc nf a 

 few years, il is a mailer of sreal ciniceni In kimw Imw In iiilliiencc ami aihisc llic 

 Lrrnwcr licfm-e il is Inn late. 'J'herc c.-iii lie nn i|neslinii lii.-il. unless Ihc nrcliarilisl 



keeps fully aihiscil nn Ihc ilc\-clnpiiic f lli,. innre scrimis iiisecl pesls. liierc will 



ennie a time wlicii in.an.\- dnllars will lie Inst Irniii lack nf prc|iareiliicss. I iln mil 

 lielievc that we will lie .ilile In keep these insects mil nf llic I'rn\-iiice fnr an imlclliiite 

 leiiL'Ili nf lime. Th.-il is impnssilile : lint liy lieiiiL; equipped Willi the innsi apiirnved 

 s]ira.\-inacliincs ami chemicals each inili\iilii.il L'l'nwcr will lie in .a pnsilinii tn cheek, 

 very ina Icii.i 1 1.\'. the ]irn;;rcss nf a pest ami retain it witliin rcasnnalile linnmls hefnre 

 it liecnmes (Ic'ply cnl reiichcik 



III the .\car INML' Ihc insects we hml nmsl iisuall.X' rccnnlcil as iiijurimis in tlie 

 I'rnviiice are Ihc fnllnwiii-: .Vphiiles. iiilwnrnis. wirewnrnis. Imrse-tlics. Imi-tlies, 

 hiaek-rties. innsiiiiitnes. Tipnliil l.i r\-.e. ami Incnsts. nr - i;rasshn|i]iers."» .Ml nf these 

 .i|-e sneli as one wniihl c.xpect in he present in a cniinlry Just ilevelnpinu its a^'ricnl- 

 inral resources. Witli Ihc rajiid ccnnnmii- de\clnpnient of flic I'rn\im-c fmiii this 

 liine on. new au'riciili iiral prnlilcins ami new pesls came intn prniiiinciice. The must 

 iinpnrlant ni these will he dealt with in llic fnllnwin^' p.-i;;cs. It is Imped that in 

 detailiiiLT these insects the pniiit will he realized that it is impnrlant Ihal the frnit- 

 u'ruwer sli.ill rccnmiize his pnsilinii and .act accnrdiii;;l.\'. It is iinpnssihle for ns. as 

 enlnninlni.'ists. to (In inni-c llian offer niir hesl services and aih ice. The dcvcln|inn'nt 

 of the Province li.is l.'oiic hcyniid the stale when radical eniilrnl me.isni-es can lie 

 reasnmilily cnfnrced. Hence the nhli-alinii iimst assuredly diM'nlvcs npnii Ihc 

 nrchardisi in Ihis rrnvince. as in nilier I'rnvinces, tn hnld his nwn on his own 



Till-; ('oiii.iM>.\ioTii iCinliii (Ciirii'iriiijsii I ii, ,1110111 Iln I. inn. I. 



llisloiir(il.—'\'\u' codliiiL'-molli. as .ill friiit--rowers fnlly realize, is one of the 

 niosi serious of all insects .■iffeclin- the fruit nf the .i|iple in Xnrlli .Vmcriea. Il has 

 lieeii a matter nf surprise fli.it this niolli has mn eslahlished itself as a ircnera I 

 orchard pest in ilie rroviuee hefore now. when it is considered thai it has hiMui for 

 niaii.v .\e.irs .1 serious insect in the Stales of WashiiiL'ton and Oresmi. tmd when we 

 know the importation of ajiples into tlic rrovime from infested localities li.is 1 ecu 

 conlinnint; for so Ion;;. The credit for such iniinniiit.v as we do jiossess is due lo 

 the elticicnt s.\slein of fruit inspection tlial is in \n-^u>' within tile I'rnvinec and tn 

 tile prninpt eradication mellioils that have heeii put into pr.actice iinmcdialel.v an 

 niitlireak is rccnrdcd. 



The lirst rccnrd nf the cndlinir-inoth having; been reared from apples .:;rown in 

 the I'ro\in(i' is rcpoiaed hy I )r. J. Fletcher in his report as Dominion Kiitoniolotrist 

 for r.iii.'i. In Ihis instance lie received "an undouhted specimen of Ihc coillinj;-niolh " 

 from Mr. .1. \V. Cockle. Kaslo. U.C.. and he remarks Ihal nnlil this record came lo 

 h.iiid he ■had never keen ahle to Icani of the oiiairrcnec of Ihis insect in r.rilisli 

 fnlumliia." In l'.:n."i. a^aiii. tlic Kev. .1. II. Keen tnok a specimen of Ilic adiill 

 endliiii.'-inotli in His house .11 Mellakatla. Il.C. Tliis specimen is imw in the natimial 

 cnlleciinii nf the I'.nl ninnln-ica 1 r.ranch. (Itiawa. Inil il was iindoiilitcdiy lircd from 

 imiinrted friiil and not from lioiiic-::ro\\ n apples. In I'-lOn Mv. I'ockic .airain lircd 

 this moth wilhiii the limits of tlie town of K.isln. and repnrtcd Ihc same Imth In 

 Iir. I'letchcr and to tlie rrovimial I ie|iart iiieiit of .\i;riculi nrc. Il is intcrestinu, in 

 p.assini.'. to imic thai a parasite il'iiiiiihi sp.) was lired frnin this inateiial in lIKii;. 

 In tlie same year .Mr. Stii.irt Wnnd. nf Kainhmps. ]'..('.. Inrwardcd s|ieeinieiis of a 

 ■■ unian " which had lieen at lacking; Ihe apple-ei'op of the city for I wo or three years 

 lo ]lr. Fleti-her at Ottawa. Dr. Flelelier in his i-eporl for I'.ioT aeknowied^'ed the 

 insects ahovc nieiitioned. and on cxamiii.Ml ion found llnan In he nndnuhled spiM-imens 



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