The Canadian Horticulturist. 



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CAUSES OF FAILURE IN APPLE CULTURE— III. 



From an Address by the Secretary. 

 5. The Ravages of Insects. 



"n~^* HE ravages of insects is no less important a factor in producing 

 1 failure in apple growing for profit, than the others I have men- 

 tioned. The man who neglects to spray his apple orchard in 

 June, with Paris green, must expect his crop to be thinned out 

 one-half by the Codling Moth in September. 



Some people, even yet, need to be convinced of the importance 

 of this ; but those who have given it careful trial agree in its 

 benefits. I have tried spraying for the Codling Moth for ten 

 successive years, and where carefully done and repeated if washed by rains, I 

 have found a great saving of my apples, and a general improvement in their 

 quality. 



Few of us growers are exact enough with our experiments to say precisely 



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Fig. 942.— Clarksbcrg Pump. 



