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I)ark iu colour that it is ditlicult to detect tbem. The moths probably live 

 two or three weeks, aud. bet;iuniug a few days after they emerge, fly about 

 from tree to tree, mostly iu the night, aud deposit their eggs siugly or iu small 

 clusters upou the leaves. Iu from seveu to teu days these eggs hatch. The 

 youug larvie. which is at first greeu, at once begins to feed, usually upou the 

 lower epidermis of the leaf. It soon spins for itself a silkeu tube open at 

 both ends, aud usually located beside the midrib. Throughout the summer the 

 larva? work upon the leaves in this manner, but towards fall they retreat 

 upou the twigs aud branches aud construct the temporary cocoons in which 

 they pa.ss the winter. — ConUcij, Oregon Horticultural Rciiorf. 1901. 



This insect is found attacking both leaf and flower buds upon the apple, 

 and sometimes proves very in.iurious. The half-grown larva winters over, 

 and appears in spring as a small brown caterpillar, just about the time the 

 buds begin to open, and feeds upon tliem. It measures about half an inch 

 when full grown. By rolling up one side of a leaf, aud securely fastening it 

 with silken threads, it forms a tube in which it enters the pupa stage, having 

 lined the little chamber with a closely woven la.ver of silk. This condition 

 lasts ten days. The imago is a small moth, resembling the codling moth in 

 size and form. It is of an ash-gray culour. The front wings have a whitish- 

 gray band across the middle: the hind wings are dusty-brown. The 

 expanded wings measure half an inch across. It also attacks pear, plum, 

 cherry, quince and peach trees, and blackberry buds. 



RriiicOii. — Paris green added to Itorch-aux nuxture. as directed for the 

 treatment of the apple. — Oiitaiio Biilliiin nn P(:!<ts. 



For Tirifi Borer (mil Bud ilotli. 



Spray in the fall, as soon as all the leaves have dropped, with sulphur, 

 lime, and salt solution, followed up in tlie spring, as soon as the buds begin 

 to swell, with following wash : Sulphate of copper. :i pounds; lime. -1 pounds; 

 I'aris green. 4 ounces; water. 4."i gallons; and again with the same wash the 

 latter part of JIay. — Oreiioii llnrticuU untl Rrport. ItlO.i. 



