2 FRUIT-GROWING 



You say that Uncle Billy used to kid you 

 about the codling* moth. Can you tell me what 

 is the codling moth and could it hurt my ap- 

 ples? He never saw an adult, you said, is it 

 worse than the male, also could you tell me 

 what is the flat headed borer, the San Jose 

 Scale and a scab. Could they hurt too? Some 

 time I wish you would write a lot about or- 

 chards that don't fail and I will be awful 

 thankful if you can help me. 

 Yours truly, 



This, I must confess, is an extreme case but 

 it is an actual letter; "the original is on file in 

 my office, ' ' as the patent medicine men say. 



Therefore, if the experienced grower read- 

 ing these pages, should feel that I have dwelt 

 too long on subjects with which he is already 

 well acquainted, I can only ask him to remem- 

 ber his own beginning and be patient. If the 

 man who wrote the above letter should read 

 this book I hope that he will learn that all 

 adults are not females and that the San Jose 

 scale, the flat headed borer and the scab can 

 all "hurt," for I shall try to answer just as 

 many questions as possible as I go along. 



If, through accident or design, the expert 

 grower should find here some point that will 

 help him in his work, let him consider it in the 

 form of a gratuity, thrown in for good 

 measure. 



