Jj-O The Western Pomologist and Gardener. 1872 



■worm traps on trees that had no apples on ! A thorough examination of the subject, has 

 never shown me an instance where the larvoe of the Codlinp: Moth of the first brood spun 

 up, on, or quite near the ground. I don't say one never did, but I will say I do not believe 

 one ever did. The larvaj of the second brood search for shelter on or near the ground, 

 in tlw orchard. When in a house I have found the great majority of them to seek the 

 highest shelter in the house. As for the less work to open and examine the shingle traps 

 than the cloth bands, that fact was based on the results of long continued, practical 

 experiments, and I believe that my arrangements and fastenings of the cloth bandages were 

 speedier and more economical than any Dr. Weed ever dreamed of I had no tacks to 

 pull out or drive in, but fastened them quickly and securely in place by a double spring 

 hook ; and further, I had kept them in place by almost every conceivable device before I 

 invented the hook. One year ago I was just as firmly wedded to cloth bands as being the 

 thing as Dr. Weed can be to-day, as those who heard my lecture last winter can testify, 

 and know that I stated the exact truth when I say that the shingle trap is the more speedy 

 of the two. As for the cost of the two kinds of traps, that don't amount to a row of 

 crooked pins, either of them costing so little that the point need not be taken into con- 

 sideration at all. I think I make the comparative cost of the two plain enough and 

 truthful enough. 



Dr. Weed says, "Will he tell us how he knows the moths of the first brood pair at 

 once and commence to lay her eggs, etc., if I had never seen but one moth flying loose 

 in the orchard in day light." I hope the Dr. asks for information, and in answer I would 

 say, that I have bred hundreds of moths from the worm, in a very great number of 

 "ways and conditions, and arrived at the fact by the aid of my own proper eye sight, my 

 experiments have taken a wider range. I have gathered the worms early in autumn, in 

 autumn, late in autumn, and at different times during the winter, taken them from apples 

 in February, placed them under ditferent conditions, out of doors and in the house, 

 watched their transformations and noted them carefully, and by this means learned 

 whati have written, and am pleased to say that my facts agree with all who have given 

 the matter close attention, my friend Dr. Weed to the contrary notwithstanding. I 

 believe there is no double brooded small insect whose natural history is better known 

 than that of the Codling Moth. There is not a link in the chain missing, and I am happy 

 to say that Dr. Weed has done much good work in calling the attention of orchardists to 

 it, giving a good plan for its destruction and arriving at some facts in its natural history in 

 ■advance of professional entomologists. 



Pruning for Early Grapes and Iiusclons Frnlt« 



Bt Dr. Geo. Wakne. Independence, Iowa. 

 Ed. Pomologist and Gardenek : — A few words about grapes in Iowa may not be out 

 of order. The fall of 1871 will long be noted for its extensive crops of this luscious fruit. 

 In this section the crop was splendid and the yield enormous. The Concords predomi- 

 nated, and in many cases were most splendid fruit. There were many other varieties 

 raised, but this one being considered the most hardy, has been the most largely planted. 

 I have fruited for the first time the lona, and Roger's Hybrids Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 9. Nos. 4 

 and 5 are splendid grapes. No. 4 excelling the Concord in size and flavor, and in my 

 opinion is bound to .supersede the Concord. No. 5 is the most luscious grape I ever 

 tasted, of a light wine color, and ripens the earliest of all. No. 9 ripens later, and has a 

 peculiar flavor of its own, but is really fine. The lona is a fine grape but it has 

 not succeeded well with me. I at one time had twenty-two vines of this variety, and now 

 have only two. The birds have made terrible havoc with grapes this year, particularly 

 the Brown Thrasher and the Oriole. The first grape attacked was Roger's Hybrid No. 5i 

 then the Delawares, and then the lonas, and then Concords and Dianas. These birds are 

 splendid judges of good grapes, and they go for them in earnest. Heretofore I have not 

 allowed any one to kill birds on my premises, but this year they were so very destructive 

 I had to exterminate them in order to save my crop. 



