3()0 ixjfiiiors ixsECTs, WITH treatment 



Apple Fij-ia-hketij-: {(iraptudcni foliacca). — Brassy, green beetle, 

 one-fiftli iiK'li or less loii;;, feeding upon leaves. 



TrealnwuL — Arseiiieals. Linu'-sulfur or bordeaux mixture 

 as a repellent. 

 Apple-.m.\(Jc;ot or Railuoad-wohm {Rhiujoletis pumojiella). — Mag- 

 got ; infests harvest and fall apples mostly, oceasionally attacks 

 winter fruit. It tunnels apples through and through, causing the 

 fruit to fall to the earth. 



Treatment. — Pick up all windfalls every two or three days, 

 and either feed them out or bury them deeply, thus killing the 

 maggots. Pasture to hogs. 

 Bud-moth {Tmetocera ocellana). — The small brown caterpillars 

 with black heads devour the tender leaves and flowers of the 

 opening buds in early spring. 



Treatment. — Make two applications of either 1 pound paris 

 green or 4 pounds arsenate of lead in 100 gallons of water ; the 

 first when the leaf-tips appear, and the second just before the 

 blossoms open. If necessary, spray again after the blossoms fall. 

 In ca.ses wiiere lime-sulfur is used just before the buds open for 

 scale or blister mite, arsenate of lead, 4 pounds to 100 gallons, may 

 be added and will help to control the bud-moth. 

 Ca.se-beaiiers. The pistol-case-bearer {Coleophora malivorella) 

 and the cigar-case-bearer (C. fletcherella) . — The small cater- 

 pillars live in pistol or cigar-shaped cases, about a quarter of an 

 inch long, that they carry around with them. The}' appear in 

 sj)riiig on the opening buds at the same time as the bud-moth, 

 and may be controlled by the same means. 

 Canker-worm. Spring and fall {Paleacrita vcrnata and Alsophila 

 pometaria). — Larva ; a " measuring worm," an inch long, dark, 

 and variously striped, feeding upon the leaves. 



Preventive. — Band the trees with tanglefoot to prevent 

 the wingless females from climbing. 



Treatment. — Arsenicals, thoroughly applied in spray, are 

 very effective. See Banding, p. 286. 

 CoDLiN-MoTH (Carpocapsa pomonella). — This is the pinkish 

 caterpill.ir which causes a large proportion of wormy apples. 

 The eggs are laid by a small moth on the leaves and the skin of the 

 fruit. Most of the caterpillars enter the apple at the blossom end. 



