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destroyinn^ hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of fruit annually, 

 I will only speak of the most destructive, beginning with the apple- 

 tree borer. Tliis is a nocturnal insect ; the female deposits one egg 

 in a place upon the trunk of the tree near the ground. When the 

 borer hatches it feeds for a time on the bark ; as it grows older, it 

 burrows deeper into the tree, often to the heart, when it turns and 

 comes to the surface, then re-enters again to undergo its transforma- 

 tion, and comes out in the spring a perfect insect. The best way to 

 destroy this boi'er is to watch the trunk of tlie trees and if castings 

 resembling saw dust are see;i about the trunk, to search for the worm 

 with a knife ; if the borer is too deep to be reached with a knife take 

 a piece of flexible wire aiul run into the hole and destroy the borer ; 

 this is the surest way to kill them. The Codliu jNIoth is also a night 

 insect; the female deposits its eggs singly in the blossoms or in the 

 blossom end of the fruit ; through this opening tlie worm as soon as 

 hatched makes its way to the center ami cats the seed and pulp. In 

 warm weather the worm attains its growth in about three weeks when 

 it leaves the apple and secretes itself under anything it can find for 

 shelter. A great many can be caught by placing chips about the 

 truidcs of the trees and burning the chips every few days. The female 

 flies at night and large numbers can be destroyed by lighting lamps 

 in an orchard at night diu-ing the month of June. All fruit that 

 drops prematurely should be gathered up immediately and feed at 

 once as the worm leaves the fruit as soon as it dro[)s. If hogs are 

 allowed to run in an orchai'd they will destroy a great many insects. 

 The fall web worm is vei-y destructive to the foliage of apple trees 

 during the summer and early fall. Tlicy live in colonies and envel- 

 ope the leaves and bi'anches on which they feed with a Aveb. The 

 moth is milk white ; i,ts eggs, from two to three hundred in number, 

 are deposited on the under side of the leaves near the end of a 

 branch. These eggs soon hatch and the larvfe feeds on the tender 

 portions of the leaves. These worms are most numerous in Septem- 

 ber. Tlie remedy is, hand picking and crushing them beneath the 

 foot. Tiie Tent Caterpillar : The larvje of this insect is so destruc- 

 tive to the foliage of apple trees that it is often called the apple tree 

 worm. The moth selects a terminal shoot that has completed its 

 growth and deposits its eggs, from two to three hundred in number, 

 around the limb in the form of a sheath and covers them with a kind 

 of varnish that protects them from the wet ; very early in the spring 



