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can trap the female on her way up 

 the trunk of the tree, or prevent her 

 from crawling up, we become masters 

 of the situation. Tar, mixed with oil 

 or lard to prevent it from becoming 

 dry, refuse molasses, printer's ink, in 

 short any very sticky substance smeared 

 upon canvas or stout paper, say six 

 inches wide, and tied around the trunk 

 of the tree so that the female moths 

 will stick fast in the adhesive substance, 

 will effectually prevent them from get- 

 ting up the tree. This sticky substance 

 must not be allowed to get dry and 

 liard, else the moths will crawl over it 

 but must be renewed so as to be always 

 in a condition to hold them fast. 

 Troughs of lead have been fastened 

 around the tree, and kept filled with 

 oil, and found to answer an excellent 

 purpose. Othei-s have used broad tin 

 collars, fastened around the tree, slop- 

 ing downwards and outwards, so as to 

 prevent the moth from climbing up. 

 in all these cases care must be taken to 

 have no crevice left underneath the 

 bandages or collars, not even the smal- 

 lest crack ; for the moth, foiled in her 

 attempts to climb the tree, will deposit 

 her eggs on the trunk below, and the 

 young worms are so small that they 

 can creep through a very tiny crevice. 

 We suggest as an additional means of 

 defence, the washing of the trunk of 

 the tree below the bandage or collar, 

 v. ith an alkaline solution, either soap 

 or white- wash or potash, say one pound 

 of potash dissolved in two gallons of 

 water. This will kill the eggs or the 

 young worms. These bandages should 

 be i)ut on about the first of October, 

 and kept in proper efficiency until the 

 advent of severe winter weather, and 

 lenewed eai-ly in the spring, as soon as 

 the mild weather calls the moths from 

 tlieir winter quartei-s. With careful 

 attention to these details, this formi- 

 dable destroyer of our orchards can be 

 completely routed. 



ENCOURAGING WORDS. 



I like your little publication very 

 much ; it is by long odds the best of 

 its kind that has been published in 

 Canada for the last thirty years. 

 Everyone who has a garden ought to 

 subscribe for it. John Forsyth. 



Barrie. 



I have taken the Canadian Horti- 

 culturist for two years, and would not 

 now like to be without it. I think it 

 is a very cheap publication for $1 a 

 year, and the report of the Fruit 

 Growers' Association is included, which 

 is also very interesting and useful. 

 This and your plant distribution make 

 it a marvel of cheapness. 



Caledon East. Rev. J. GoODMAN. 



I think the last year of the Horti- 

 culturist has been the best year of its 

 existence. God bless the men of the 

 association in their labor of love in 

 spreading information throughout the 

 Dominion, the useful and the beauti- 

 ful, the fruits and the flowers. If the 

 loving Father has given us so much on 

 earth what must Heaven be with its 

 holiness and beauty. 



Bobcaygeon. Thos. Gordon. 



QUESTION DRAWER. 



BEN DAVIS APPLE. 



(1) Please inform me what is your 

 opinion of the Ben Davis as a mai-ket 

 apple. Does it meet the tastes of the 

 English people ? (2) Also please in- 

 form me which in your opinion is the 

 best winter apple for this section of 

 country. G. H. 



Peterboro'. 



Reply. — (1) We submitted the in- 

 quiry about the value of the Ben Davis 

 as a market apple to two gentlemen 

 who have had experience in shipping 



