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We have been informed by Col. Wille, secretary of the 

 State Board of Horticulture of the State of California, that 

 it takes about fifty -five days to produce a generation of the 

 codlin moth, from the time the first generation appear on 

 the wing. 



Here, as the weather is cooler, it may take longer, and 

 from my experiments I think it may take sixty or sixty- 

 five days to produce a brood or generation. My opinion 

 is simply this : They begin to appear about the time the 

 apples are forming, others in cool places come out later, 

 others still later, until the next brood appears, so that 

 nearly all the fall and winter apples are infested from the 

 second brood of moths. 



We have thus, we think, given a fair description of 

 the habits of these insects, and hope some of our Yankee 

 farmers will avail themselves of the liberal premium, and 

 point out a plan for the extermination of these destructive 

 insects. 



Joseph How, Chairman. 



Methuen, Nov. 9, 1886. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



The Committee on New Members has attended to the 

 duty and respectfully report the following award : 

 $6.00. Premium, to John Q. Evans, Salisbury, for 8 new 

 members from Salisbury. 



Other than those, who became members by rule of the 

 Society, a premium of $7 or upwards having been awarded 

 them, the new members of the Society during the year 

 were 8 from Salisbury, 3 from Amesbury, 3 from Lynn, 

 2 from Andover, 2 from Boxford, 2 from Rockport, 2 

 from Newburyport, 3 from Gloucester, and 1 each from 



