

3IAY 1, 1885. 



No. 0. 



Vol. XIII. 



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TO TRAP CURCULIO. 



I'HOK. COOK PrlVES US A MTTI.K TAMi ON I'LU.M 

 CULTUUK. 



HOF. .\. . I. COOK^-Whik" reading'- yoiii- t'.vecl- 

 k'lit artii-lc on "The WintCTiiij,'- Prohk-in in 

 Apiculture," in this month's GtiEANiNGS, I 

 thouglit that, as many beo-keepers are inter- 

 ested in fruit culture, in askinjj- .vou to favor 

 readers of Gi-eaninos with an article on pin in 

 culture, haviiifi- particular reference to Judjre 

 Uomsdel's method of dealing with the curculio, I 

 would e.\pr;>ss the wish of many others. Should 

 you find it convenient to contribute siic'.i an article, 

 there will be one at least who will be ;rrcatly oblijr- 

 ed to you, and I think many others. If you (k) not 

 care to do this, and it is not askinjv t.)o much, I 

 should like to have you tell me by letter how to 

 manage the "little Turk," and I will consider it a 

 great favor. Uespeetfully yours, Rx'fus Pouter. 

 Lewistown, Ills., April 15, 1885. 



Replying to the above, Prof. Cook says : 



Quack methods are often g-iven in our p:i|)ers. .\ 

 few years since, I read in a paper that winding a 

 cloth about the trees, and saturating- it with crude 

 carbolic acid, would surely keep the " little Turks" 

 at bay. I tried it ; but fortunately on only one tree. 

 As I visited the tree duriuf? the sultry June days, 

 the whole atmosphere was odorous with the acid, 

 yet I could see the little weevils thick on the plums 

 of this ti-ee, plying- their mischief, and, as I fancied, 

 fairly grinning their "you couldn't come it " at me. 

 But I did succeed in one thing. I killed a val- 

 uable plum-tree outright. I already knew of a val- 

 uable and thoroughly effective method, yet was 

 not content to let well enough alone. 



the .JAIIHI.NG METHOD. 



This is tlie metliod used by .ludge Komsdell, and 

 lias sa\ed the plums in my own little orchard year 

 after year, so that we and our neighbors had abun- 

 dance. A sheet of common factory cloth is nailed 

 to a light convenient frame, and largo enough so 

 that, when spread under the tree, it will catch every 

 thing that may fall from the tree. I have only four 

 trees. My sheet is twelve feet square. Along one 

 edge this sheet is tacked to a strip of light pine, 

 twelve feet long. The opposite; edge is tacked to 

 two similar strips, each six feet long, the bi-cak be- 

 ing in the middle. From this break the sheet is 

 slitted to the center. This slit makes it easy to 

 place the sheet directly under the tree, the center 

 of the sheet inclosing the trunk of the tree. 



In case of large orchards it is found better to 

 have this shept carried on wheels, or attached to a 

 sling, so as to be easily borne on the shoulders. In 

 place of the wheels or a sling I have two little 

 children, which, by the way, no family should be 

 without, by aid of whom the sheet is quickly and 

 easily manipulated. Ik-sides the sheet, we must 

 have a strong heavy long - handled mallet. This 

 may be thickly padded with carpeting— this is the 

 way mine is fl.ved— or a limb may be sawed off, or a 

 spike may be driven into the trunk and main 

 In-anclies to receive the blow, in which cases the 

 padding of the mallet should be omitted. What we 

 desire to do is to give the trunk a sharp blow so 

 that eacli limb maj- be jarred with force, and yet 

 not injure the tree. Small trees may be jarred by 

 simply striking the trunks. With large trees each 

 branch must be jarred. 



The time to commence the warfare is just as we 

 sec the little cfllif crowns falling from the plums', 



