THE APPLE MAGGOT, 



which I noticed last Heascri for the first time, differs from 

 the codling moth in many respects. The paient is not a 

 motli, but one of the two-winged flies. The larvftj enter the 

 fruit at any part, eating in every direction, but do not seek 

 the core. 



The destruction of the infested fruit bj'^ picking and 

 feeding to swine, if they cannot be pastured, is a nieans of 

 prevention. 



CANKER WORM. 



This pest, although numerous in the Annapolis Valley 

 foi- a number of years, has as yet soarcoly made its appear- 

 ance in the eastern counties'. Last year I found a few 

 specimens in an orchard in Pictou County for the fiist 

 time; but there is no doubt but with the increase in fruit 

 trees its general introduction into the eastern counties is 

 only a question of time. It is very important then that 

 every fruit grower should become acquainted with its 

 habits, and the inethods of G<;struction, in order to cope with 

 it successful!}' whenever it makes its appearance. 



The female is a wingless moth, which can only reach 

 the branches where she lays her eggs by crawling up the 

 tree, which she does very earl}' in spring. The eggs are 

 deposited in clusters of a hundred or more on the bark of 

 the branches and twigs. About the time the leaves are 

 bursting foith the eggs hatch into tiny worms about one- 

 eighth of an inch in length, and scarcely visible unless you 

 look very closely, but they eat and grow rapidly. They 

 completely devour the foliage, giving the tree the appearance 

 of having been swept with fire. In ihree or four weeks 

 they attain their full size, which is about an inch in length,^ 

 when they let themselves down to the ground by a silken 

 thread. A few inches below the surface they become 

 chiysalides, in which state they remain until the next spring, 

 when they emerge as moths. 



Dr. William L. Baron of Illinois, gives the following 

 remedies, which are substantially the same as those gener- 

 ally employed by fruit growers ; ' ' •» 



1st. Prevent the passa<je of the moth up the trees. 

 This is done by putting round the tree a cloth about six 

 inches in width, and besmearing it with tar, molasses, or a 

 mixture of both, applied every other day. (Printer's ink is> 

 more commouly used in Nova Scotia.) 



