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round holes with its snout, in feeding, and also in preparing a i BS 
place to deposit its eggs. vetam 
Remedies.— Both Paris green and London Bes are used to Mg 
destroy the codling moth. Our experiments with these poisons 
lead us to favor Patia green as aremedy. Itis of greater specific 
gravity and does not remain in suspension in water as long or as 
well as London purple, but it is more uniform in its composition, — 
and can be used with less danger to foliage. We have found one 
pound of the poison to 200 gallons of water strong enough for the } 
first spraying, which should be made as soonas the blossomshaye —__ 
all dropped from the trees. This is to be repeated in from seven © 
to fifteen days, depending on the amount of rainfall. After this 
the strength can be reduced to 250 or even 300 gallons to the 
pound. The number of sprayings will depend upon the weather 
to a great degree. In a moderately dry season three should be 
ample. This treatment should also answer largely for holding m 
check the apple curculio. Where the:trees are small, jarring may 
be practiced the same as for the plum curculio, in addition to the 
above. 
The apple maggot.— This little pest is a small footless maggot 
pointed in front and cut off squarely behind. It tunnels in the | 
pulp of the apple, little winding channels with now and then a 
round excavation about the size of a pea. The perfect insect is 
a small fly which lays its eggs in the fruit during the month of 
July, and is partial to summer and fall varieties. It is also often 
found in fruit after it is stored in the fall and winter, and is 
becoming quite a serious pest in many parts of the country, and 
especially in sections of New York State. 
Remedies.— Owing to the season, and the mode of insertion of — 
the ege by the fly into the flesh of the fruit, it is not possible to 
destroy the maggots by the use of poisons. The only remedy so 
far known is to destroy in some way the fruit. As the fruit 
generally ripens prematurely and falls to the ground, this can be 
accomplished by pasturing hogs or sheep in the orchards, con- , — 
fining a sufficient number of animals to keep the fruit picked up 
clean as fast as it drops from the tree, so that no chance may be . 
given the maggot to enter the ground for pupation. “ 
Insects injurious to the Pear.— A whitish grub resembling the 
peach- tree borer attacks the trunk of the pear. The remedies 
given for the apple-tree borer can be employed in this case as 
well. 
