PREFACE. 



To THE READERS OF IHIS PAMPHLET : We wish it to 

 be distinctly understood that its contents are the result 

 of our own investigation, commenced June, 1877, an( ^ 

 continued to the present time. Our object in commenc- 

 ing this investigation was to obtain reliable information 

 of the natural history and habits of the insect pest known 

 as the Codling or Apple Moth ; also to find a remedy 

 that would effectually exterminate the pest. How we 

 have succeeded we leave for our readers to judge. 



We respectfully ask of the fruit growers a careful read- 

 ing, and any information sent us concerning this pest or 

 the scale insect will be thankfully received and preserved 

 for publication. 



We are directly interested, in common with the fruit 

 growers, in the extermination of this pest, our business 

 depending especially on their success as producers of 

 choice marketable fruit. It is our purpose to publish, 

 from time to time, such information as we are able to 

 collect, until the natural history and habits of these pests 

 are fully understood, and also such experiments, made 

 by those interested in their destruction, as we know to be 

 reliable. Respectfully, 



COOKE & SON, 

 Pioneer Box Factory, Sacramento, Cal. 



SACRAMENTO, Nov. ist, 1879. 





