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SPRAYING THE APPLE ORCHARD. 



times a fifth to a third of the eggs, are laid upon limbs 

 which bear no apples whatever. Of course those so far 



from apples fail to reach the 

 craved food and doubtless most 

 of them perish in the attempt, 

 for we found there was an egg 

 within about ten inches of 

 nearly every wormy apple, 

 whereas most of the worms 

 which enter the apples prob- 

 ably come from eggs on the 

 leaves clustering around the 

 apple and the young worms do 

 not have to crawl over four or 

 five inches. Upon reaching the 

 nearest apples about two thirds or three fourths of the worms 

 enter them through the blossom end, feeding a little in 

 the calyx cavity to appease their hunger after the long jour- 

 ney, and then boring directly for the core. This feeding in 



Fig. 16.— The "worminess " of the 

 apple shown at the calyx. 



Fig. 17.— Showing the work of an apple worm which entered at the calyx and 



left through the side. 



the blossom end is of the utmost importance in enal)liiig us 

 to destroy the young worm by spraying, as will be indicated 

 later. The rest of the worms enter the fruit through the 

 side, often where a leaf or another apple comes in contact. 

 The seeds of the apple seem to be most relished by the ap- 



