ATTACKING THE FRUIT. 



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should also be visited once after the crop is secured. Some 

 persoiis prefer to use narrower bands, not more than four 

 inches wide, and fasten them with a tack, while others se- 

 cure them in their place by merely tucking the end under. 

 Usually the cocoons under the bandages are partly attached 

 to the tree and partly to the bandage, so that when the latter 

 is removed the cocoon is torn asunder, when it often happens 

 that the larva or chrysalis will fall to the ground, and, if it 

 escapes notice, may there complete its transformations. Wide- 

 mouthed bottles partly filled with sweetened water, and hung 

 in the trees, have been recommended as traps for the codling 

 moth, but there is no evidence that any appreciable benefit has 

 ever been derived from their use. A large number of moths 

 can be captured in this manner, but it is rare to find a codling 

 moth among them. Neither is the plan of lighting fires in the 

 orchard of much avail, since codling moths are rarely attracted 

 by light. Spraying the trees soon after the fruit has set, and 

 while it is still in an upright position, with a mixture of Paris 

 green and water in the proportion of a teaspoonful to a pailful 

 of water, will deter the moths from placing their eggs on the 

 apples, and thus protect much of the fruit from injury. 



The fallen fruit should be 

 promptly gathered and de- 

 stroyed. It has been recom- 

 mended that hogs be kept in 

 the orchard for the purpose of 

 devouring such fruit; and, 

 where they can be so kept 

 without injury to the trees or 

 to other crops, they will no 

 doubt prove useful. 



This insect, while in the lar- 

 val state, is so protected within 

 the apple that it enjoys great 

 immunity from insect enemies. Nevertheless it is occasion- 

 ally reached by the ever-watchful Ichneumons, two species 



FIG. 139. 



