SPRAYING THE APPLE ORCHARD. 



special treatment, but 

 if the trees are regu- 

 larly sprayed for the 

 codling moth, these 

 leaf -eating pests arc 

 usually kept under 

 control. Only two oth- 

 ers commonly attack 

 the fruit, and these are 

 easily distinguished. 

 The plum curculio, of- 

 ten called the "Little 

 Turk" from the cres- 



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Fig. 2, 6. 



work may be recognized 

 l)y its grub feeding- in 

 the flesh of the fruit 

 around tiie core, while 

 the codling moth larva 

 bores directly to the core 

 where it relishes the 

 seeds. Another pest of 

 summer and early fall, 

 and sometimes even win- 

 ter apples, is the apple 

 maggot, or "railroad 

 worm." A p p 1 e s a t 



Fig. 2, a.— The work of the ai)ple worm in a 

 small apple which may be confused with 

 b, the Work of the plum curculio. The 

 apple worm eats the core; the curculio 

 does not. 



cent-s h ap e d 

 mark it leaves 

 ()\i the fruit, 

 attacks the 

 young fruit 

 and its footless 

 fleshy grubs 

 may be found 

 in a very large 

 part of the 

 windfalls dur- 

 ing Julv. Its 



Fig. 3.— .An apple " railroaded. 



