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date after the close of the apple harvest. Old newspapers are good. 

 They should fit the trunk snug, and the more of them on a tree the 

 more effective, I presume. Pasturing with sheep I have not tried, 

 but doubt its efficiency, unless the trees be banded also, because so 

 many of the worms leave the apples before they fall. Catching the 

 moths in jars of sweetened water I have tried, and taken many other 

 kinds but never a codling moth. Those people who think they have 

 captured it in this way are without doubt mistaken ; they have 

 taken some other kind. Spraying with poisoned water I have not 

 tried, but if really as effective as is claimed, I see no reason why it 

 should not supersede all the other methods. The date when it 

 should be applied is an important point, which needs some study. 

 I should not suppose it would be worth while to apph' it immediately 

 after blossoming time, for there is good reason to believe that no 

 eggs are laid until three or four weeks later. As the moths continue 

 to lay eggs until the last of the summer, it would appear that one 

 application would not be sufficient. 



But I find that I am running into theory on insufficient data of 

 fact, and will bring this paper to a close with an earnest entreat\- to 

 the members of the societv to take up the subject and experiment 

 without ceasing until we discover some mode of controlling this 

 most serious of our orchard pests. 



DISCUSSIOX OF THE FOREGOING PAPERS. 



INSECTS. 



Mr. Gilbert, being called upon, said with I'espect to the aj>ple 

 magrjot, alluded to in the paper of ]Mr. McLellan : 



I would like to give some comfort on this subject, but I know of 

 nothing comforting in the situation. It is comparatively a new 

 enem_v, and yet apparently a serious one. The maggot is exceed- 

 ingly small, very seldom to be seen l)y the naked eye. except I)y the 

 most careful examination ; working secretly, out of sight under the 

 skin of the apple, through the pulp, and entirely unfitting it for any 

 use whatever. It was first discovered in the central or jNIiddle 

 States, and has gradually si)read until it is now found all over the 

 country. At a recent meeting of the Connecticut State Board of 

 Agriculture, a member of the Board, jNIr. P. Mayne, stated that the 

 apples of that section, especially the sweet apples of early autumn, 



