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long to encircle the trunks, should be tied tightly with 
string above and below, and placed on the trees during the 
first week in October. The most suitable height is from 
2 to 4 feet from the ground. The paper is to be well 
smeared with cart grease, which must never be allowed to 
become dry. To ensure this, three applications during the 
season are usually sufficient. “Tree tanglefoot”” may be 
used instead of cart grease, and has the advantage of not 
requiring renewal during the whole winter. By means of 
this device the wingless females are trapped in large num- 
bers as they crawl up the tree trunks from the soil. If 
the grease bands be retained until the end of March, large 
numbers of females of the destructive March Moth 
(Anisopteryx aescularia) (4), which are likewise wingless, 
also meet with a similar fate. If the grease bands are 
neglected many of the female Moths succeed in making 
their way up to the buds.to lay their eggs. When the 
larvee are very abundant the only measure is to spray with 
lead arsenate, using an ordinary knapsack sprayer, except 
for very large trees, which demand a more powerful instru- 
ment. The spray should be distributed as a fine mist, 
as all that is needed is to render the leaves poisonous. 
It is not advisable to spray during blossoming, and spray- 
ing with winter washes is useless. The Codling Moth 
(Carpocapsa pomonella) (4) is one of the most important 
of apple pests, attacking many varieties besides the Cod- 
ling, and also pears. Those types such as the Russet and 
Nonpareil, in which the “eyes” are more or less closed, 
are less susceptible than the Blenheim Orange and many 
others. The perfect Insect is a pretty brown Moth with 
coppery reflections, and measures about #in. from tip to tip 
of the expanded wings. It flies during June and July, 
laying its eggs singly on the young fruit, but occasionally 
it may select the leaves. They hatch just about the time 
when the petals have fallen and the fruit set. The young 
larva are whitish, pale yellow, or often pink, with the head 
and the shield immediately behind dark brown. They 
make their way to the calyx end of the fruits and 
gradually eat their way to the core. The entrance hole 
can always be detected, and through it the larve ejects 
particles of excrement to the exterior, thereby avoiding 
contamination of its burrow. About midsummer they eat 
their way out of the fruit, and if the latter are still on the 
tree the larve crawl down until they reach the trunk. In 
