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not so. Many years ago sweet or pleasant sour apples 

 appearing well on the outside, when cut open were worth- 

 less, but no insect visible. They are not regular depre- 

 dators. Some years they destroy nearly the whole crop, 

 other seasons they do but little or no damage. From the 

 outside appearance of the apple no one can tell what is in- 

 side. They are said to proceed from a small fly. No rem- 

 edy is known for their destruction. 



Professor Sanborn informs us that there are many in- 

 sects that infest the apples. We think the apple maggot 

 and codlin moth are the most destructive. The codlin 

 moths are of foreign origin, having been brought to this 

 country early in the present century. They have now 

 spread nearly over the whole country. They are a deceit- 

 ful, troublesome insect. The moths fly in the night and 

 evening and not in the day time, and are rarely seen ; 

 therefore it is not easy learning all their movements. 



Entomologists tell us that the moths come out in spring, 

 about the time the apple blossoms are falling from the 

 trees, laying their eggs in the blossom end of the apple. 

 I have never seen the little yellow eggs spoken of by Pro- 

 fessor Sanders in his late work on insects, but have often 

 seen where the worms were entering the apples at differ- 

 ent times from the early stage of their growth to October, 

 and not always at the blossom end of the apple, but on 

 the side or cheek of the apple. They soon hatch and en- 

 ter the apple, and in about four or five weeks, according 

 to the season, the worms are matured, crawl out of the 

 apples and seek a hiding place to spin their cocoon and 

 change to another insect as nature designed. 



If the worm is matured before the apple drops from the 

 tree, it crawls out and seeks a place under the rough bark, 

 or in a crotch between two branches, or some other place, 

 to form its cocoon on the tree. If the apple drops before 



