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do enter the apple at that point. The eggs are 

 laid any place on the tree — the bloom and 

 leaves probably securing the great majority of 

 them. When the worms hatch they migrate to 

 the fruit, lunching on any green tissue they 

 happen to find along the way. If the tree has 

 been well sprayed these wandering worms will 

 quickly be attacked with a violent and fatal 

 stomach-ache and the fruit will be able to pass 

 muster at packing time — provided it escapes a 

 few dozen other highwaymen that lie in wait 

 for it between April and October. 



The second brood of codling moth appears 

 usually in early July, but this date can not be 

 given with any exactness owing to variations in 

 season and latitude. In the far northern dis- 

 tricts there may be no second brood; in the 

 South possibly more than two. The careful 

 orchardist should select a few wormy apples in 

 June and confine them in glass jars over the 

 mouth of which he has tied a bit of thin cloth. 

 When the moths hatch it is time for him to get 

 into action with his spray machine. The wormy 

 apples as I have said are usually attributed to 

 the codling moth but another similar insect, the 

 lesser apple worm, causes in some sections 

 even more damage than does its better known 

 relative. It gets in its best work late in the sea- 

 son after the grower has begun to feel that his 

 troubles are over. Unlike the codling moth it 



