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GARDENING FOR. THE SOUTH. 



hairy moth, which deposits its eggs in June upon the un- 

 der sides of the leaves. The caterpillars are very de- 

 structive to the foliage. 



The Palmer Worm, ( Chcetochilus pometellus,) is another 

 very destructive insect in the orchard. 



Apple-Worm, or Codling Moth.— (Carpocapsa Pomo- 

 nella.) — The parent moth drops its eggs singly on the 

 calyx end of the young fruit, from which the young 

 worm, when hatched, eats its way to the centre. The 

 worm, when small, is white, with a black head ; the 

 larger ones are flesh-colored, with brown heads. The 

 wings of the perfect insect are marked with large 

 brown spots, and shades of brown and gray. The worm 

 gnaws a hole through the side of the apple, and thrusts 

 out of it the refuse of its food. The fruit usually falls 

 prematurely, and the worm escapes into the ground, or 

 if not, crawls out upon the tree, hiding in crevices of 

 the bark, and, in either case, spins its cocoon and is trans- 

 formed into a pupa, in which state it remains through the 

 winter. The remedies are — scraping the bark in the 

 spring and burning the scrapings ; allowing swine to run 

 in the orchard to consume the fallen fruit ; or gathering 

 all that fall, and feeding them out or using them, destroy- 

 ing the insects within the fruit when cut open. A hay 

 rope or cloth wound around the limbs, or placed in the 

 forks of the tree, will attract the worms, which can be 

 removed towards spring, and the chrysalids burned. 

 Small fires in the orchard, early in summer, will attract 

 and destroy thousands of these moths. 



Gathering the Fruit. — Those intended for keeping, or 

 sending to market, should be carefully picked from the 

 tree, and handled with care, to prevent bruising. Those 

 that fall of themselves must be kept separate, as the least 

 bruise will cause decay. They must be frequently looked 

 over, and every one the least decayed must be removed, 



