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ica\'C the apples and seek hiding; places in which lo ()ass t!itf 

 Avinter. 



Fig. 



4. How to put on a Codling Motli band; a, band as tied to trunk; b. 

 when folded over. Original. 



The trap method simply takes into account this tendency to seek 

 a liiding place, and supplies it in the form of a band of some kind 

 around the trunk of the tree. The simplest form is a mere bundle 

 of straw which may be removed and burnt in mid-summer or at 

 the end of the season, as the case may require. A better method 

 and that which is recommended, is a banding of burlap, applied as 

 shown at figures 4 a and b. The burlap bands may be new or 

 may be made of fertilizer or other bags provided only there is no 

 repellant odor remaining. The burlap ?hould be cut into strips 

 about 10 inches or a foot wide and woimd on :i roll. For each 

 tree cut off a piece long enough to completely encircle the trunk 

 and lap two inches or, in the case of a large tree, a little more. Tie 

 flat against the tree trunk about breast high, with soft twine, 

 about two or three inches above the bottom of the band (fig. 4 a). 

 Then turn down the upper part of the band so as to cover the 

 string and all below it, and there will be a very attractive, partly 

 doubled petticoat around the trunk, that will be selected as a place 

 for i^upation by practically all the larva? that get on it. A band 

 prepared and put on in that way can be examined in all its parts 

 without much trouble and, after killing what may be beneath it, 

 restored to its original position. 



The banding should be in place as soon after the middle of June 

 as possible, and in those places where there is one brood only, no 



