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" Freeman, Halton Co., Ont. — In the younger apple orchards the Codling Moth did 

 a great deal of damage, a large proportion of otherwise very fine apples being injured. 

 The thinner the crop on a tree, the greater was the proportion of wormy apples. Some 

 varieties seem more liable to attack than others. With me the Greening seems always 

 to be the worst infested. The Baldwin, too, suffers a great deal, as well as the Roxbury 

 Russet. The Ribston Pippin, Blenheim, King and Cranberry appear to get off better." 

 — A. "W. Peart. 



"Craighurst, SimcoeCo., Ont. — Little damage from Codling Moth this year." — G. C. 

 Caston. 



''Hamilton, P.E.I., Sept. 14. — Where spraying is attended to, the Codling Moth is a 

 thing of the past." — H. A. Stewart. 



Tent Caterpillars (C/Asiocampa). — These easily destroyed caterpillars have caused 

 much loss in several parts of Canada this year. 



" Freeman, Halton Co., Ont. — The Tent Caterpillars have not been troublesomein the 

 Burlington district this year, but some ten or twelve miles north of here they almost 

 amounted to a plague, whole orchards, in some cases, being stripped of their leaves before 

 the owners realized the fact. There was then a general attack made on them, chiefly by 

 crushing their nests in the evenings and mornings. Spraying effectually disposes of them 

 with me." — A. W. Peart. 



"Berwick, King's Co., N.S.^ — The Tent Caterpillar seems to thrive best in the villages. 

 It seldom becomes numerous in isolated orchards. I think the ornamental trees in towna 

 and villages prove a good breeding ground for this insect. The usual formula — 4 ounces 

 of Paris green to 40 gallons of water — applied twice will exterminate this enemy." — S. 

 C. Parker. 



" Alberton, P.E.I., Aug. 3. — The Tent Caterpillars seemed to be more numerous 

 than ever. They were the chief leaf-eaters this season." — Rev. A. E. Burke. 



"Hamilton, P.E.I. — The most troublesome insect this season has been the Tent 

 Caterpillar." — H. A. Stewart. 



" Victoria, B.C. — Tent caterpillars have been very destructive to the foliage of fruit 

 trees in many places, especially Chilliwack, and I notice that the eggs are numerous 

 everywhere in the orchards." — R. M. Palmer. 



EflPective remedies for Tent Caterpillars are hand-picking of the eggs in winter and 

 the destruction of the colonies of young caterpillars when the young leaves are unfolding, 

 at which time they arc conspicuous by reason of the copious white silky web upon which 

 they rest. If not attended to at this time, spraying with Paris green disposes of them 

 easily. 



The Eye-spotted Bud-motii (Tmetocera ocellana, Schiff.) has been troublesome in 

 certain districts. 



"St. Catharines, Lincoln Co., Ont. — I inclose a peach pest which I consider the 

 most dangerous insect I have met with." — A. Glass. 



" Olinda, Essex Co., Ont. — I send you a number of peach twigs injured by a pest 

 which I have not noticed before. This spring a great many trees are badly infested, the 

 young shoots even being attacked, the insect boring down through them."— J. O. Duke. 



"St-Henri de Montreal, Que., June 8. — I notice the bud-moth and leaf-roller have 

 been very bad in some orchards in this neighbourhood. I have kept them subdued by 

 the use of Paris green and the Bordeaux mixture." — R. Brodie. 



"Victoria, B.C. — I have found the Bud-moth is increasing in numbers in our 

 orchards. I hope that the use of Paris green in combination with the Bordeaux mixture 

 will soon become general in lower British Columbia, as the numerous leaf-eating pests 

 are becoming much more destructive." — R. M. Palmer. 



This insect is certainly a difficult one to cope with and also, from its habits of 

 attacking the flower buds and boring down into the fruit spurs, jts injuries are frequently 

 very serious. The remedy which has given the best results is to spray very early, just 

 when the buds are bursting. The partially grown caterpillars pass the winter snuggly 

 ensconced in silken shelters on the twigs of trees which they infested the previous 

 autumn. About the time the buds open, they leave these shelters and crawl out to the 

 tips of the twigs where they do much harm to the unfolding buds. 



