INJURKJUS INSECTS OF 1903. 



Fig. 62%. — Codling Moth larva (apple worm), enlarged. Slingcrland. Division of iCnto- 

 mology, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



Remedies. Bands of burlap on trunks of trees, and carefully exam- 

 ine every five days, destroying larv.r. 



Spraying with arsenical poisons just after blossoms fall and before 

 calyx closes. A second spraying should follow, 10 or 12 days later, and 

 a third spraying 10 or 12 days after the second. A fourth spraying 

 might be desirable and necessary in badly infested localities. 



Destroying all fallen fruit by letting hogs run in orchard, or by bury- 

 ing. 



Arsen.-ate of lead is fast taking the place of Paris green as a spraying 

 compound, being safer as regards foliage and requiring fewer applica- 

 tions. See page 99. 



2. Tunnels throuj^h fruit irregular and nunierou.s. 

 APPLE MAGGOT. 



Fig. G3. — Trypcta pomonelta, enlarged 5 times. Original. 



Remedies: Provide for destruction of windfalls and spraying with 

 arsenical sprays. 



