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to do what takes the apples here fifteen days to accomplish. 

 No correlation was observed between the times of blooming 

 and fruiting, but much stress is laid on the importance of 

 cross-fertilisation, and the planting together of varieties that 

 bloom simultaneously is recommended. 



The order of flowering of different varieties in New York State 

 is in general similar to that in England. The Gravenstein, 

 Duchess of Oldenburgh, Twenty Ounce, Wagener, Washington, 

 Gladstone, Bismarck, and Beauty of Bath are among the early 

 bloomers, whilst the later ones include Ribston, King of the 

 Pippins, Cox's Orange and Lane's Prince Albert. 



My thanks are due to the Principal of the South Eastern 

 Agricultural College, Professor M. J. R. Dunstan, M.A., for 

 the use of the College plantations for observation, and to Mr. 

 Seymour Deadman, Instructor in Fruit-growing, for his assist- 

 ance and information, particularly. as to varieties ; also to those 

 gentlemen who have kindly allowed me to compare their 

 records of time of blossoming with my own. 



Caterpillars forwarded for examination from Worthing 

 were stated to be doing great damage to apple and pear trees, 

 which were in some cases as bare as in 

 Notes on Insect, midwinter. One orchard of 50 acres 

 Fungus and other was very badly infested. The cater- 

 Pests.f pillars were identified as those of a small 



Tineid moth, viz., Carcina quercana, F. ; 

 they feed in webs on the under surface of the leaves of apple, 

 beech, oak, and other trees. Winter washing (see Leaflet 

 No. 70) should be practised in combating the attacks of Tortrix 

 and Tineid apple pests, while early spraying with arsenate of 

 lead (bought in the paste form) should be employed against the 

 feeding caterpillars. 



Specimens sent from Aberfeldy proved to be small Ermine 

 moths, which are described in Leaflet No. 65. In the web 

 forwarded about 700 cocoons were counted. 



Beetles. — Six species of beetles were received from Norwich. 

 One proved to be Anobium domesticum, a very small, brown 



* Notes on insect, fungus and other pests, dealing with the specimens submitted 

 to the Board for identification, and their apparent prevalence, will appear in' this 

 f.ournal month by month. The notes commenced with the issue for June, 1907. 



