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many summers' heat and winters' cold 

 and still continue vigorous and bear 

 annually large crops of good fruit should 

 be looked after. ]\Ir. Editor I suggest 

 that a place be given in our prize lists 

 for the best seedling apples of our old 

 orchards both for autumn and winter 

 varieties — this may have tendency to 

 bring out something really good. 

 Most respectfully yours, 



WM. H. READ. 

 " F]lm Wood,' Port Dalliousie, Ont. 



TRAP TO CATCH THE CODLIN MOTH. 



Sir, — In the year 1879 I procured 

 an oil barrel for house use, and to cure 

 it from taste and smell of the oil the 

 idea struck me that the best method to 

 cairy that idea out would be to keep it 

 tilled every day with whey until the 

 following morning, then to feed to the 

 pigs, then retill and leave until the fol- 

 lowing morning, ic. I filled to about 

 two inches of the brim for the whole 

 six months, commencing about 1st 

 May, and caught every kind of moths 

 on the balmy and calm nights, not 

 taking thought that I was desti'oying 

 the apple moths, but thought I was 

 seasoning my barrel, which I did all 

 right, and destroyed the moths as well, 

 and freed the apples from worms at 

 the same time, which had grown very 

 bad, there being hardly an apple but 

 had a worm in it. In the year 1881 I 

 had no whey ; result in 1882 .some 

 worms. Then I understood that the 

 whey was the trap that caught the 

 moths and freed my orchard from 

 worms. I have set the whey trap 

 ever since, and have never seen a worm 

 in an apple. Set your traps in the 

 orchard about two feet or so high. The 

 odour of the whey must be seen to, and 

 the trap or dish filled to within two 

 inches of the brim. 



Now, sir, I do not claim aTiy merit ; 

 it happened purely accidental so far as 

 catching the apple moth is concerned. 



Any person acquainted with the apple 

 orchard knows what a peculiar per- 

 fume or odour there arises from the 

 blossoms, and how the moths flutter 

 among the trees and branches at that 

 time on balmy evenings ; so I think the 

 odour of the whey attracts them, and 

 they light on the whey in the dish and 

 are caught. In closing, I would ask 

 all persons using whey for pigs' feed to 

 try it, and report results to the Hor- 

 ticulturist. If they will persist in 

 using it right along they will catch 

 their neighbours' moths as well, if 

 close to them. Please publish this in 

 your May number for the use of all 

 those who use whey for pigs or cah'es, 

 and who wish apples clear of worms. 

 Yours truly, 



JoHX McIxTynE, 

 Eeeve, Tp. Ekford. 

 Appin, Ont., March 31, 1884. 



THE BARK-LOUSE. 



Mr. Editor, — We take a great num- 

 ber of papers, and this year I did 

 think of stop{)ing some of them, but T 

 could not help sending the dollar for 

 the Cana'/ian Horticulturist. We get 

 a great deal more than the worth of 

 our money, for I like the Cana'/ian 

 Horticulturist very much. You may 

 send us the flower seeds. I would 

 have liked the C. Baldwin, but my 

 apple trees are getting so bad with the 

 bark-louse that I am getting almost 

 disheartened. I wash, then scrape, 

 then put soft soap, lye, and everything 

 I can think of on the trees, but they 

 have got out to the ends of the limbs, 

 where I can neither wash nor scrape 

 them. They have killed all our black 

 currant bushes, and have got on to- 

 some Mountain Ash trees I have got, 

 and also some wild plum stocks I had 

 for grafting on to. I have cut down 

 some Early Harve.st trees altogether ; 

 after the louse gets to the end of the 

 limbs they commence to die. Plumbs. 



