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and, as a rule, each little apple worm soon finds its 

 way directly into the upright, open, cup-like blos- 

 som end on top of an apple. Here it hides and feeds 

 for several days then it bores its way into the apple 

 to the core. The time to fight this pest is when it is 

 feeding on the outside of the apple, in the little cup- 

 like cradle. A drop or two of poison then applied 

 will quickly kill the worm and thus save the apple ; 

 whereas if the fight is delayed until it has really 

 entered the apple, no outward application of poison 

 can affect it. " The falling of the blossoms 

 is the signal to begin spraying ; the clos- 

 ing of the calyx: lobes a week or two later 

 is the signal to stop 

 spraying" The Bor- 

 deaux-arsenical spray 



, ' . STOP SPRAYING" 



"BEGIN is excellent for this 



SPRAYING purpose. Two applications a week apart 

 are advised. Banding the trees, and promptly 

 destroying all windfall apples, are measures which 

 are also of help. 



Canker worm : This " looping " or " measuring " 

 caterpillar feeds upon the foliage and is often very 

 destructive. Remedies : Sticky bands of tar, printers' 

 ink, or fly-paper, placed around each tree trunk in 

 early spring to prevent the ascent of the egg-laying 

 moths ; an arsenical spray all over trees where 

 worms have hatched. 



Curculio : A hump-backed beetle about an eighth 

 of an inch long (related to the plum curculio, but with 

 a longer snout) which sometimes stings young apples. 

 Remedy : Arsenical spray. 



