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done, gather the scrapings carefully off the doth, so 

 that they can be burned or destroyed. 



Be careful that you do not neglect gathering carefully 

 the scrapings and destroying them, as on this point de- 

 pends a great deal of your success. 



Take a common whitewash brush and give the tree a 

 good coat of the whale oil soap and sulphur solution, 

 commencing at the top as far up as there are any cracks 

 or crevices in the bark, and wash down to the ground. 

 Repeat the washing before the Spring ; this will destroy 

 any larva or chrysalis left on the tree. 



We have been informed by fruit growers that they have 

 found the larva in store rooms, boxes, etc., in the Winter 

 season. During the last two Winters we have made very 

 careful examinations of the fences, shrubbery and pack- 

 ing houses in some orchards, but failed to detect any 

 larva of the Codling Moth. However, careful search 

 should be made and any suspicious places washed with 

 the above solution. 



FURTHER PRECAUTION. 



Take a piece of common straw wrapping paper, say 

 twenty-four inches long and ten or twelve inches wfde, 

 double it lengthwise (this will be sufficiently long for a 

 tree seven inches in diameter larger trees will require 

 longer bands, in one or more pieces), and put around the 

 tree a few inches above the ground ; fasten it with a piece 

 of wire or narrow strip of tin either of them is preferable 

 to cord, as they can be pressed into the dents on the 

 surface of the tree. The larva creeping up the tree, 

 makes its nest in the paper. These papers should be 

 examined every eighth day, the larva collected and de- 

 stroyed. Paper or rags laid on the ground around the 

 tree will answer the same purpose, but may not be so 

 easily examined. We would also recommend that some 

 paper or rags should be placed in the crotches of the tree 



