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af¥ording shelter, are always favorite 

 places for hibernation. All these should 

 be carefully searched and the larval con- 

 tents destroyed. The practice of band- 

 ing trees with burlap before the larvae 

 begin to leave the apples early in the 

 summer and destroying those which 

 gather beneath for pupation every ten 

 days is a valuable one, and particularly 

 so when the trunks of trees have been 

 made smooth by scraping off all loose 

 bark. Bands for this purpose do not 

 need to be made from burlap, but most 

 any kind of cloth with a good nap will 

 answer the purpose. Such bands should 



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be at least five inches wide and folded 

 so as to make two or three thicknesses 

 of the cloth. The darker it is beneath 

 a band the more liable are the larvae to 

 stay there. 



Besides the use of these two methods 

 whereby great good can be accomplished, 

 there is a third one, which is always 

 valuable, and that is the picking ofif and 

 destruction of wormy apples as they 

 appear early in the season. This can be 

 accomplished along with the thinning 

 operation which most orchardists prac- 

 tice, and which is no doubt of great 

 practical value. 



While these three methods are only 

 aids in controlling codling moth, and the 

 use of one or all of them should not be 

 expected to take the place of spraying, 

 still they are too important to neglect 

 when good crops of apples are at stake 

 because of worms. It is safe to say that 

 if ever)' orchardist would cease depend- 

 ing entirely upon spraying and would 

 pay careful attention to these other 

 methods also that the present amount 

 of codling moth could be reduced to the 

 minimum. 



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THE Stark Bros. Nursery and Orchard Company 

 to Thomas Kenny, Sumner, New Mexico: 

 Replying to your favor of the 30th inst. asking for 

 instructions as to the trimming of your apple 

 orchard trees, one year planted, we would suggest 

 that the Stark Year Book will give you consider- 

 able information. We can furnish a very good 

 booklet on pruning. There are many such works, 

 but in our judgment, for Western planters particu- 

 larly one of the safest and best guides right up to 

 date from month to month is the "Better Fruit" 

 magazine of Hood River, Oregon. The December 

 number gives in detail an illustrated article which 

 gives you just the desired information, showing the 

 apple orchard from the time of planting the one- 



year tree to the required treatment from year to 

 year up to bearing age, season by season. Editor 

 Shepard is a practical and experienced horticul- 

 ■^turist, and as a publisher he is an idealist, and any 

 number of "Better Fruit" is well worth more than 

 the subscription price. Not only does it tell you 

 about orchard pruning, but spraying, grading, the 

 marketing of fruit and all other subjects of kindred 

 interest. We would not only congratulate "Better 

 Fruit" on its great success, but the orchard indus- 

 try everywhere is a subject of congratulation. 



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