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THE CANADIAN HORTICTJLTUEIST. 



" provided that they would distribute 

 gratuitously among the farmers and fruit- 

 raisers of the United States, complete 

 illustrated directions for making the evap- 

 orator. ' ' The ' ' valuable gift.' ' was accept- 

 ed with thanks, and it was resolved that 

 the public be informed through the news- 

 papers, that for enclosed stamps the above 

 W. Orlando would send the before-men- 

 tioned plans and specifications, f ree-gratis- 

 for-nothing. We wrote to W. Orlando 

 and enclosed a stamp. In return, we re- 

 ceived a small printed circular containing 

 " specifications and diagrams of the Arnold 

 evaporator." which the circular said " will 

 enable you to intelligently make and use 

 it : and the probable cost will be from $12 

 to $15 for a machine of 40 pounds capa- 

 city." The specifications, on the principle 

 of similia similibus curantur, would work 

 miracles in the Utica asylum. But fortu- 

 nately there was a way out indicated by 

 the "■ nigger in de meal." This was an- 

 other circular by W. Orlando, saying : 



'* Since our meeting and i)ublicatiou of the specifi- 

 cations and diagram of the Arnold evaporator, there has 

 been laid before our committee an evaporator made at 

 Newark, O., made by the Common Sense Evaporator 

 Co., which we find iij)ou tliorough examination, far 

 superior to the Arnold, because it will evaporate 

 quicker, do it better, and only costs $7 delivered to 

 your nearest R. R. station, all expenses paid, which is 

 only about half the cost to make the Arnold." 



Thank you Mr Orlando, we think we 

 will not invest to-day^^ We will stick to 

 the old-fashioned dried apples until De- 

 cember, when if we happen to be at the 

 Southern Hotel in St. Louis, at ten o'clock 

 in the morning, we will look in and see if 

 there are any greenhorns there who have 

 tried the " Common Sense," Meanwhile 

 we commend Mr. W. Orlando to the at- 

 tention of the Post-Office Department. 



PEARS AND BLOSSOMS AT THE SAME 

 TIME. 



Mr. F. Kean's garden contains a nat- 

 ural curiosity, in the shape of a pear 

 tree on which can be seen at the present 

 time, on one side peai-s fully formed 

 larger than eggs, and on the otlier side 

 blossoms still in full bloom. It is not a 

 graft, either. — Orillia Packet. 



are we aware that the fact that it is or 

 is not a graft has anything to do with 

 the performance. — Ed. Can. Hort.] 



[This is not a very uncommon proceed- 

 ing on the part of some pear trees, nor 



THE CODLIN MOTH AND BARK 

 LOUSK. 



CoDLiN Moth [Garpocaijsa poinonel- 

 la, Linn.) — This insect, though so well 

 known as a larva — the '' apple worm " 

 is not familiar even to our wisest fruit 

 growers in its mature or moth state. 



In May, about two weeks after the 

 blossoms appear, the female moth com- 

 mences to lay eggs in the calyx of the 

 blossoms. These soon hatch, when the 

 minute larva eats into the apple and 

 feeds upon the pulp about the core, 

 filling the space with its fecal filth. 



Some good observers argue that a 

 single larva feeds in several apples. 

 While it is hard to prove that this may 

 not be true, I am sure that it is not 

 always the case, and from my observa- 

 tions and experiments I have been led 

 to believe that it was exceptional if 

 ever true. One wormy apple placed 

 with several others in a box has always 

 remained the only one injured. 



This spring moths continued to come 

 from cellar or apple house till July. I 

 have taken such moths July 4th on the 

 screen of my cellar window. The 

 whitish larvae attain their full growth 

 in about four weeks. This period will 

 be lengthened by cold and shortened by 

 heat. When mature the larva leaves 

 the apple, which may have fallen to 

 the ground, and seeks a secluded place 

 in which to spin its cocoon and pupate. 

 The pupa or chrysalis is much like 

 those of other moths. The pupai 

 of the June and July larvte are found 

 in the cocoons soon after the latter are 

 formed, while those of the autumn 

 larva3 do not pupate till spring, but 

 pass the winter as larva3 in the cocoons. 

 The eggs of tHe second brood are J aid 

 in July, AugiBBtand September. "Ehe: 



