THE APPLE MAGGOT. 175 



from Kennebec county picks up his windfalls and reports that 

 there has been no loss this present year with him. 



An orchardist from Sagadahoc county states that he picks up 

 the windfalls and that ravages are decreasing. This year he met 

 with no loss from the pest. 



From Lincoln county one fruit grower states that there was 

 no money loss from the apple maggot with him this year. He 

 gathers his windfalls every day. A second man from Lincoln 

 county who keeps hogs under his trees says the maggots did less 

 injury this year than any other year since they first appeared. 



Of two Penobscot fruit growers who do not take care of their 

 windfalls, one reports a great loss from the maggot and the other 

 a loss of five per cent of his crop. A third man from the same 

 county picks up his windfalls as soon as they fall. This year he 

 had hardly any loss. 



An apple grower in Somerset county says that the apple mag- 

 got is not increasing as fast with him as in many places and 

 thinks sheep running under the trees keep the pest down to a 

 great extent. 



From Washington county a report comes from an orchardist 

 who has not seen any maggots this year, nor can he find on 

 inquiry any one who has. He gathers his windfalls every day 

 and says it is the common practice in that vicinity to gather 

 windfalls carefully and feed them. Several keep hogs in the 

 orchard. 



An apple grower in Aroostook county says he has never seen 

 any maggots in apples grown there. 



An orchardist in Piscataquis county says the maggot seemed 

 to increase the last four or five years until this year when he met 

 with practically no loss. He keeps the windfalls from early 

 varieties carefully picked. 



With one exception all the fruit growers just quoted feed the 

 refuse from stored apples' to stock or to poultry. 



Besides the foregoing specific statements it remains to be said 

 that some orchardists who have not made a practice of caring for 

 their windfalls have met with but slight loss from the maggot 

 this year. The question naturally arises, are they feeling the 

 influence of neighboring orchards which are tended ? 



On the other hand, a few apple growers say they have put the 

 fallen fruit out of the way and yet do not find the trouble 



