I'ltc.x'K.KIUMiS. l!ll(). 7.". 



Tin- (Ibjicl iif Ihi- N///(/// i>; to lill thi" cal.v\-cii|i (if llu> iiiiiiU' with |iartii'lcs 

 III' iiisiihililc iiiiisiiii, sii lliat the .mhiiil; wnriii which usu.iliy I'liliTs llimuu'li the calyx 

 will l:c killi'd li\ arsenical iniisdiiiii;,'. Trcssin'c ami caic in dircciin;; the spi'ay arc 

 rei|iiisile fm- elTecl iveness, so tliat ]iai-ticles of arsenic are even firceil inlii the 

 cn|i lelween I he slaniens Mivrouiiilin.i; Ihc calyx. 



'Ilir 'I'iiin h, Spniii is jiiiniediati'ly after the lil.iss.inis ha\c fallen, after UlC 

 feriiliz.itiiiii iif the M.iwer has laUen place. The cal.w laip uill lie fennil tn lie lUOSt 

 receplive in shape and cnnditinn al this lime. It is (hmlilfnl \\hetlier mm-e than 

 fen days will he all.iwed the crchardist In linish this spi-ayin- so rapidly <l(ies the 

 t;r(iwlli I f Ihc ymin- apple prnceed in the sprin;;. If the ca l\ x-iulies are clnsed the 

 (ili.ji'ct and cffecliveness of the spray is nlfset in dne |ii-o|iorHiin to the deiirce of 

 developmenl. 



Ihiii iiiiniii V////rx hi Siinni depends nn fnlnre imest i-a I ion nmh'r local con- 

 ililioiis. Iliiwe\cr. fill- The |i)-esent. a sin-le I lioniin/Ji s|ira.\ applied after tile 

 1 less iins f.ill ouu'hl III snllicc for Ihc season. A second poison spray, applied tell 

 days from 1 he lirsi s]ira.\im:. is .aihisalile in heavily infested localities. .\ third 

 .iiid e\cn .a fmirlh spra.\ iim is ofleii .i|iplieil in I hose sections where the i;ener.a tioiis 

 cf Ihc iiioi h ,a -e more freipieiit. 



7/11 ,V/i/,/// Miilrriiil advised for use is arsenale of lead mi.vcd al the r.ate of 

 L' Ih. to -10 -aliens of w.iler. Itordeanx mi.Miire. or ilihiled lime-siilplmr solution. 



'I'lir 'J'.u/K of Siirii!i-iin::li reipiired is one ca|ialile of throwiiiL' a coarse drivili,^ 

 stream sel at an aiiL.'le of t."i ile^'rees lo the spray-rod. 



■flir Aiiiijinil III Mill' liiil I'c'iiiiii'tl III r Tn r varies coiisiilevahly according to the 

 type I f the tree and the amount of lilooin Ihc I ree is show inu at the time. Kxperience 

 will offer the most reliahle -iiide. 1 ill for the sake of assisting tho.se with )io 

 experience the following' formula is sin^u'estcd : — 



I'or a heavy-iiloomin^' tree multiply the age of Ihe tree hy *,. or with a lijiht 

 aniiuuit of lilooin imilliply the au'c Vy '-. and the result in each case will irive the 

 approximate amount of ihe diluted mixture rei|uireil fur sprayin,' ihat individual 

 tree. I-\ir instance, if we had live t wel ve-,M'ar-old apple-lrees in heavy liloom. to 

 estimate the .amount of lii|Uid rciinired. ^^l \ -'i x ."i = l.'i lmIIous. This ainouul of 

 diluted s]ir.iy would re(|iii!-e L'. 1 lli. of arsen.ite of lead: conseipieiil ly in lliis w.ay 

 a fniit-LcrowiM- will, with little ditliiailly. he .ahle to eslimate Ihe amount of material 

 i-eipiired lo he oii hand. 



iillnr \i,iliiiils iif Ciiiilrnl consist in .i|i|il.\ iii^' hands around the trees, removal 

 and ileslrncii f \vorm.\- .apples ,al all times, and llic Ire.ilmeiil of moths in store- 

 rooms. The \ii-tnes of the last-named methods reipiire no explauatioii : Ihe first 

 method, however. mi;.'ht he menlioiied further. 



Iliiiiiliiiil consists in lyinu' a piece of cloth or a sirip of linrl.ip almut >< inches 

 wide arniind .i tree .alauit is inches from thi' -round. Thi' ol Jed of this c.iii lie 

 readily surmised rniin a stiid,\- of Ihe lifehistory. p!-evioiisly menlioued. The lar\a' 

 after complelin- llieir irrowth iirepare for luipatiou. in the suuimer as well as in 

 Ihe auliimn. and ill doiuK so seek the most convenient and suitahle place ready at 

 h.aiMl. .V cloth land on the trunU of the Iree is evidently preferahle lo a tlake of 



harlc or a crevice, hence they liave no liesilatiDii in formin- their coi is under this 



hand, which hecomes a trap. The hand may If pl.iced early in .Inly and may la- 

 left oil until the end of Xovemher. T"he whole etfectiveness of this |ilaii. however, 

 depends on the occasional exauiinatiou of I hese lauds and the desiruction of the 

 cocoons found under them: otherwise, if left uutonclied. ihe hands hccoiue l.reedin.ir 

 centres most suitahle lo Ihe ]iro|ia;,'al ion of the iiiolh. 'I'liis point, therefore, shnnhl 

 he carefull.N- watched and the hands examincil every ten days to two weeks. The 

 most conveuieul iiuthod of seftin- ihe hands is in the use of Imi- tinishin- nails 

 driven IhroULrii one ellil i;f the ■■h.iiid" half-w.iy into ihe tree. The land 1 hen can 

 he loosely passed round Ihe iree and drawn over tin- u.iiis ami tixed. 



