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larger second broods in this latitude, and undoubtedly the 

 injury is considerable, so it would be a thing of much more 

 importance. Even in New Hampshire this second brood 

 does a great deal of damage, and you can see that if only 

 three of four per cent of the females lay seventy-five eggs, 

 the big fruit is more injured by the second brood than by 

 the first brood. 



We have here at the top of the screen the blossom.-, 

 showing the proper time for the first spraying, which is 

 after the balls have dropped when the calyces are open. 

 That is the time to spray for the codling moth. On the 

 right we have another view, as you see, showing the ca- 

 lyces when they are closed too much for effective spray- 

 ing. The first spraying should be just when the blossoms 

 drop, and must be done within a week of dropping to be 

 effective. It is well to be pretty prompt in beginning to 

 spray at that time, especially with apples like the Bald- 

 win, where the calyces close rather quickly. If the spray- 

 ing is done too late, it is impossible to deposit the poison 

 in the cavity of the calyx where the caterpillar is, so that 

 this is the most important time to spray for the codling 

 moth. We have tested out the merits of this question of 

 time, and we have found that even with one spraying we 

 could decrease the ravages of the moth by about eighty 

 per cent ; that we could cut out at least eighty per cent of 

 the injury, and that is, at least, eighty-eight to ninety per 

 cent of the fruit, considering the whole crop. That is 

 about the benefit we get by one spraying. 



Now I have shown this slide on the screen to show 

 the conditions in a run-down old orchard, with the branch- 

 es down, and which have not been sprayed. Here is the 

 conditions you find on the ground, the ground simply cov- 

 ered with apples. I have put that on to show the differ- 

 ence between an orchard which is cared for and one that 

 is not cared for. Simply picking up the dropped apples 

 and scraping the trees will make all the difference in the 



