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near our window, and as we ate supper in the early evening we 

 could distinctly hear the caterpillars chewing among the leaves. 

 In the night-time I have frequently heard their " chip-chip- 

 chipping " out in the shade trees on the street. In a yard adjoin- 

 ing ours there is another apple tree which is more than half dead 

 because of the ravages of the caterpillars. It- used to bear 

 splendid Baldwins, but last year there were not more than a dozen 

 apples on the tree. The caterpillars used to strip it twice a year 

 up to two years ago, when their numbers were greatly i-educed. 

 For two years in succession the caterpillars stripped two maple 

 trees in front of our house. They ate all of the leaf except the 

 ribs. We had two shade trees cut down which were in a dying 

 condition because of the ravages of the caterpillars. This was 

 some five or six years ago. On Otis Street also we had two trees 

 which we cut down because the caterpillars ate them so badly. 

 In Mrs. Kelly's yard there was a large balm of Gilead tree which 

 was cut down because it was nothing more or less than a breeding 

 place for the gypsy moth. The tree was a sight. The trunk and 

 limbs were black with caterpillars. The tree stood close by Mrs. 

 Kelly's house, and you can still see the discoloration under the 

 eaves where the caterpillars clustered so thickly. Mrs. Meach, 

 across the way, had a weeping willow cut down. (Mrs. Tuttle.) 



One of our sweet-apple trees died from the effects of the strip- 

 ping by the caterpillars. The branches died one by one, but we 

 let it stand one year, hoping that it would revive, but it did not. 

 Our four Baldwin apple trees bore good crops until the caterpillars 

 attacked them. By June you would not see a leaf on them, and 

 they would remain in that leafless condition all summer. In the 

 fall of 1892 we got our first crop of apples in seven years. (Miss 

 R. A. McCarty.) 



A young maple which had been set out on the street in front of 

 our house was stripped by the caterpillars and died. ... A young 

 peach tree died, apparently because it was stripped by the cater- 

 pillars. (Mrs. Flinn.) 



Two oaks on the street in front of our house were entirely 

 stripped. The next year they did not leaf out, and were cut 

 down. (J. W. Harlow, 58 Spring Street.) 



"We cut down two cherry trees in our own yard because there 

 were so many eggs, cocoons, etc., in the seams and holes. (Mrs. 

 Snowdon.) 



I cut down three tall poplars in front of No. 19, where I now 

 live, because they were so badly infested. I also cut down an 

 apple tree because it attracted so many caterpillars and was so 

 badly eaten. (William Taylor.) 



