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cellars, it seeks some sheltered nook in which to change to a chrysalis; 

 if out of doors, under tlie loose bark of trees, or other convenient hiding 

 place ; if in the fruit cellar, it may often be found about the barrels 

 or bins in which the fruit has been stored. Having selected a suitable 

 spot, the larva spins a tough papery booking cocoon firmly fastened to 

 the place of attachment, and within this enclosure remains in the 

 larval state until early in spring, when it changes to a brown chrysalis^ 

 which shortly produces the perfect moth. 



The early brood of moths appear about the time of the opening of 

 the apple blossoms, and the female deposits her eggs singly in the 

 calyx or eye just as the young apple is forming. In about a week a 

 tiny worm is hatched from the egg, which at once commences to burrow 

 into the fruit, eating its way to the core. The occupied apple generally 

 falls prematurely to tlie ground, excepting in the case of early fruit, 

 Vliich often approaches maturity before it falls. When the fruit drops, 

 sometimes the worm is found in it, but more commonly it leaves the 

 apple before this occurs, and crawls down the tree seeking a sheltered 

 spot in which to change to a chrysalis. From these chrysalids the 

 second brood of moths make their appearance during July, before the 

 end of which month the eggs for the later brood of moths are usually 

 deposited, the larvae maturing, as already stated, late in the fall or 

 early in the winter. 



Remedies. — These consist of either picking the wormy apples from 

 the trees, or gatliering them Up promptly as they fall to the ground 

 and feeding them to pigs or sheep, or of entra{)ping the worms in bands 

 or other contrivances. The bands used are of different materials — 

 strips of old carpet, cloth, canvas, or cotton, or even strips of strong 

 paper cut about six inches wide and wound around the tree and 

 fastened with a string or tack. Within such enclosures the worms 

 hide and transform, and by examining them once a week or ten days 

 from the early part of June until the last of August, and once after 

 the crop is secured, and destroying each time the larvse and chrysalids 

 found there, a very efficient check will be placed on their increase, and 

 if generally practiced in any section of country, care being taken also 

 to destroy the worms in the fallen fruit, the apple crop would shortly 

 be wholly or comparatively free from attack. These remedies can be 

 relied on, and may be adopted by every apple grower with comparative- 

 ly little labor, and the saving of fruit will amply repay for his trouble. 



