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pillars appear with the leaves of the apricot, and cause them to fold over. This rolling 

 of the leaves is shown in the illustration. 



By causing the leaves to curl and feeding upon them the caterpillars do considerable 

 injury. Winter dressing trees that are liable to be attacked is the best preventive. The 

 following mixture may be used : Sulphur vivum, 7 pounds ; quicklime, 7 pounds. Slake 

 the lime, and place it in an iron pot along with the sulphur and 3 gallons of water. Mix 

 and boil 15 minutes, then add soft soap 2 pounds, strong shag tobacco 1 pound, and, 

 after adding 9 gallons of water, boil all together 30 minutes, stirring well all that time. 

 Strain and, when cool, pour the clear liquid into stone bottles, keeping them well corked 

 in a dark place. Loose the trees from the wall or trellis while dormant, and in mild 

 weather apply the mixture with a brush, reaching well into every angle, cavity, and 

 crevice of the bark. The mixture may be used as a winter dressing for all kinds of 

 fruit trees, also as a wash for walls. 



Pinching the rolled-up leaves, as previously suggested, between the thumb and finger, 

 so as to crush the caterpillars, is a speedy means of destruction, and not more injurious 

 to the trees than unfolding the leaves and capturing the Iarva3. Laying a sheet on 

 the ground and brushing the trees over sharply with the hand or a broom causes many cater- 

 pillars to leave their retreats, when a keen eye and active hands may destroy numbers, 

 some suspended, other wriggling about on the branches or wall, and possibly not a few 

 on the sheet. These are, perhaps, the best remedies. The trees, however, may be 

 syringed with a solution of the mixture last named, | pint to 3 gallons of water, and it is 

 good against mildew and all insect pests. Paris green, 1 ounce to 20 gallons of water, 

 may be used as a spray in the early stages of attack, but it is not recommended as a 

 remedy after the fruit is the size of marbles, and trees sprayed with it must have their 

 fruit thoroughly washed before being used for tarts or allowed to ripen. 



Apricot trees are occasionally infested with the larvse of various other moths, but 

 these are not common, and it is only when food of a special kind fails that caterpillars 

 migrate, or moths deposit eggs on alien trees. 



Apricot Weevil; syn. : Red-legged Garden TF<?m7 (Otiorhynchus tenebricosus). One 

 of the largest and most destructive of weevils, with short beak, length J inch, black and 

 shining when adult, but reddish and dotted with yellowish down when young, legs 

 reddish brown, beak slightly ridged, and notched at the tip. The beetles feed on the 

 buds, young shoots, bark, leaves, blossoms, and young fruit of all kinds of fruit trees, 

 but are the most prevalent on those against walls and under glass. The female is said 



