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This insect is a difficult enemy to deal with. I have often found 

 tthe eggs on fences near the trees and have observed the 3'oung larva? 

 crawling to the ground and hunting for their food. It seems that 

 tar, oil traps and other means, preventing the female from climbing 

 the tree are quite useless, and comparatively without success ; when 

 the female cannot succeed in laying her eggs on the trunk of the 

 tree, she will deposit them in most any place, and the young cater- 

 pillars will tind their food. I believe when spraying for the destruc- 

 tion of the codling molh, a great many of the young caterpillars of 

 this moth and othtr ditferent insects, living on the foliage of the 

 tree, will be destroyed by the poison contained in the liquid. This 

 liquid should be a solution of Paris Green, two teaspoonsful to a 

 gallon of water; this will kill the canker worm, the codling moth, 

 ^nd everj'thing that is feeding on the tree at the same time. This 

 has been tried and found the best method of destroying larvae feed- 

 ing on the apple tree. 



The Fall Web- worm {Hyphantria textor.) Alter clearing the trees 

 from the large tent caterpillars in the spring, the fruit-grower often is 

 obliged to make another raid at the fall web- worm, which frequently 

 infests his trees in September. The web is easily' detected, and 

 should, as soon as noticed, be removed. The moth is a small white 

 insect. It hibernates in the pupa state in a slight cocoon and comes 

 forth the next June or Jul3'. The fruit raiser by removing the web 

 early and destroying its contents can easily get lid of them. 



The Apple-leaf's Sewer {^Fhoxopteris nuheculana). It spans one 

 inch across the wings, it belongs to the leaf- rollers (Tortricklce) . 

 The eggs are laid in June. The larva is found throughout the summer 

 on apple leaves, in which, when full grown, it rolls up and passes 

 the winter therein, making the edges meet which then forms a case. 

 The inside it lines witti silk. By approach of winter the leaf falls 

 to the ground with the larva ; here covered up by the snow it spends 

 the winter warm and snug. Some seasons it is very abundant and 

 will then seriously injure the foliage. The dried leaves in the spring 

 should be collected and burned. This should never be forgotten ; a 

 great many other insects in various stages hide among the leaves, 

 and burning all the dry leaves in spring before these insects come 

 to life again, should be strictly attended to. 



The W hite Eugonia {Eugonia siibskfnaria) . This is a small, white 

 moth 1 1 inch expanse. While it is partial to the elm and shade trees it 

 has of late often been found on the leaves of the apple tree. The eggs 



