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placing sheets on the ground and shaking the vine or tree. They 

 must be put in boiling water, or placed in a keg and kerosene 

 poured over them, the keg covered so they can not get out, and 

 then set on fire. These pests make their appearance about the sec- 

 ond week in June, the usual time for the blossoming of the rose. 



The Tent Caterpillar. This insect needs no description, since 

 it is so familiar to every one who ever has 

 owned an orchard, or even a single tree. 

 The perfect insect is a night-flying moth, 

 or miller, and while they are specially 

 fond of the black cherry, they will 

 feed upon the apple, plum, and various 

 forest trees. They usually appear during ^g^, (ffij/- 



April or May, according to the tempera- '^P* ^ ^^ 



ture, and are apple tree moth. 



conspicuous on account of their nest. The 

 eggs ma}' be found in great clusters on the 

 twigs during the winter and early spring, 

 and should be cut off and burned. The 

 nest should be destroyed early in the morn- 

 ing or late at evening, while the worms are 

 nearly all in. As the remaining worms 

 which are not destroyed or out on a foraging tour, will repair the 

 nest, repeated removals are necessary. Do not permit a fragment of 

 a nest to remain. 



Woolly I/OUse of the Apple. This insect attacks the trunk and 

 limbs of the apple tree and covers itself with 

 a cotton-like covering. The best way to get rid 

 of these insects is to wash the trunk and limbs 

 with soft soap which has been reduced till as 

 thick as paint by the addition of sal-soda water. 

 Another remedy is to mix in each two gallons of 

 water necessary, two pounds of fresh lime and one- 

 quarter pound of sulphur. After the lice are 

 destroyed cut away all suckers that are growing 

 at the base of the tree, and also remove the earth 

 and clean thoroughlj^ the trunk of the tree below 

 the surface; then put fresh earth about the roots. 



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APPLE TREE 

 CATERPILLAR. 



Woolly L,ice. 



