SPRAYING THE APPLE OKCJIAKl). 



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ieed entirely upon the foliage and transform withoiil enter- 

 ing an apple, as we have reared them upon tender water- 

 sprouts. lUit this probably rarely occurs in the orchard, 

 except, perhaps, w hen l)n1 little fruit is available. Very soon 

 his appetite for green ai^ples commences to assert itself, like 

 that of the smnll boy. ntid h(^ comnieiieos to sonr<'h for young 



Fig. 15.— The young apple worm feeding in the calyx cavity of the apple. 



fruit. It was formerly supposed that most of the eggs 

 were laid upon the apples so that the young apple worm 

 merely had to eat its way in ; but our observations show that 

 many of the eggs are laid three, four or five feet from the 

 nearest apple. Indeed, a considerable proportion, some- 



