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cluster overlooked, the young web in the latter part of May will re- 

 mind you of your friends ; then take it down with a long pole, round 

 the upper end of which you have to tie a rag ; twist the pole into the 

 nest, and the whole structure in company with the inmates will adhere 

 to it. This should be done early in the morning or after sundown, 

 when the inhabitants of the tent can always be found at home. 

 Now burn them up ; this is the only safe remedy. Government 

 should collect a fine from those who neglect to destro^^ this merci- 

 less enemy to the apple tree and other fruit trees. 



The Forest Tent Caterpillar (Clisiocampa sylvatica). This insect 

 resembles the foregoing very closely in all its stages. The eggs on 

 the twig are cut off squarely on each end, while the others are 

 rounded off. It makes no tent but congregates in masses during the 

 time of moulting on the branches of the tree, where it can easily be 

 detected and destroyed ; while it is partial to all the varieties of apples 

 it is also found on the cultivated and wild cherry ; the egg clusters 

 ought to be destroyed during the early spring months before hatch- 

 ing. 



The Tussock-Moth {Orgyia leucostigma) . The female of this in- 

 sect is wingless, she lays her eggs on the top of the cocoon, rolls 

 them up in a leaf and fastens them to a branch of the tree. One 

 cannot help noticing these dead leaves during the winter months. 



There are 300 to 400 small cylindrical eggs pasted to the cocoon ; 

 they are covered over with a chalky matter ; they hatch about the 

 middle of Maj^ when they at once commence their depredations. 

 They are very common and do a great deal of harm. 



Remedy. Gather the leaves during winter and burn them. 



The Red-humped Apple-tree Caterpillar ((S/tZemasia concinna) . The 

 female deposits the eggs in clusters on the under side of the leaf 

 during the month of July. The young larvae only eat the pulp, 

 leaving the ribs of the leaf; here they may soon be discovered. 



Remedy. Pick the leaves and destroy the pest. 



The Canker Worms {Anisopieryx vernaid) and {Ansopt. pometa- 

 via.) The females of both species are wingless. The larva transforms 

 in the ground. The eggs are laid in clusters on the branches of the 

 tree in the latter part of September. The eggs hatch the next 

 spring, the insect appears in the first days of September. They are 

 some seasons very numerous and injurious 



Remedies. Various measures have been employed to destroy the 

 females, or keep them from climbing the trees to lay their eggs. 

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