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Tin-: C()r)LiX(. Moi'ii {Carpocal'sa poiioncUa Linn.). 



This IS the insect wiiich makes onr apples worm}-, the 

 hirva being- the common apple worm that we find inside thie 

 fruit. The adult is a small brown moth which lays eggs (jn 

 the young- fruit or leaves soon after the blossoms fall in spring. 

 The egg is white, and does not project far from the fruit or 

 leaf upon which it is placed. It looks like a white dot on the 

 green background. Wherever this egg is laid, about nine 

 times out of ten the }oimg larvtC enter the fruit through the 

 cal}-x cup. Soon after the blossoms fall you will notice that 

 the young fruits stand upright on the stems with the calyx 

 w-ide open. It is extremely important to spray at this time 

 with Bordeaux mixture containing Paris Green, and to cover 

 the tree so thoroughly that poison is deposited inside of tlie 

 calyx, so that the young larvae will get it when beginning- to 

 tunnel into the fruit. Soon after, the calyx begins to close up, 

 and finally is closed completely, so that it would be impossible 

 for poison to enter the calyx. The poison should be applied 

 within a week or ten da}s after the blossoms fall in order to 

 do the most good. We should also keep the leaves and fruit 

 well covered with the mixture for a period of about two 

 months. 



There are two broods each year and the codling moth 

 passes the winter in the pupa stage. 



Apple AIaggot {Rhagolclis poinoncUa Walsh.) 



In some parts of the country, especially in Northern New 

 England, this is probably a worse pest than the codling moth. 

 Though it does not attack so many varieties of apples, it ren- 

 ders some kinds wholly worthless, and there seems to be no 

 good remedy for combatting it. It is especially fond of the 

 early sweet or pleasant-sour varieties, while the very hard and 

 acid kinds are not so liable to be attacked. This insect does 

 not injure the fruit in such a way that we can detect its pres- 

 ence from the outside. The adult is a two-winged fly, which 

 lays an egg through a puncture in the skin of the fruit, and 

 the niaggot develops inside, going through the pulp of the 

 fruit and scraping ofif small portions of it, from which it 



