6o THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



orchards. It is unquestionably one of our very worst apple- 

 pests, and cannot be controlled by spraying, though there is. 

 some evidence to show that thorough spraying with Bordeaux 

 mixture and Paris green may act as a slight check or possibly 

 as a repellant to the apple maggot. The best remedy seems io 

 be pasturing the orchard with hogs or sheep. All falling fruit 

 will thus be destroyed. 



The Connecticut insect pest law has not been changed since 

 the last annual meeting of this Society. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



W. E. BRITTON, New Haven, Chairman, 

 CLARENCE H. SAVAGE, Stores, 

 GEORGE F. PLATT, Milford, 



Discussiox. 



A Member : The pest which seems to have troubled us 

 the most is the curculio. \Miat can you tell us about it? 



Prof. Britton : This curculio was discussed at the meet- 

 ing last year, and it can be held in check on the apples by 

 spraying and by late cultivation of the orchard, because 

 many of them go in the g-round and are transformed and can 

 be killed by cultivation. But on the peaches I don't believe 

 it is advisable to spray with anything when in foliage, and 

 the same is true of Japanese plums. I have seen the foliage 

 all taken off a number of times by just spraying with ordinary 

 bordeaux mixture, and with whale oil soap and water, or even 

 common soap ; in fact, most any spray will cause the foliage to 

 drop. With the European plum you can spray well enough, 

 but I think with the Japanese plum and peaches it is well 

 to rely on the jarring method. 



A Member : How are we going to compete with the cur- 

 culio stinging small apples. I had some apples that were so 

 thoroughly punctured that you could hardl}' put a pin on an 

 apple, and thosa that grew showed those marks later on. You 

 can't spray early enough to catch the fellows then, because they 

 have not attained size enough so that you can get the spray 

 onto them. 



