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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 apphcations during the 

 season are usually sufhcient. " 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 Vv-mgless 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 ^larch, large 

 numbers of femiales of the destructive IMarch Moth 

 ' Aniso fiery X aesciilana , ^4}, which are likewise wingless, 

 also meet with a similar fate. If rhe grease bands are 

 neglected many of the female ]vIoths succeed in making 

 their way up to die buds to lay their eggs. AVhen the 

 larvae are very abundant the only measure is to spray with 

 lead arsenate, using an orclinar}' knapsack sprayer, except 

 for verv lar^-e trees, which demand a more powerful instru- 

 ment. T'he spray should be distributed as a nne mist, 

 as all that is needed is to render the lea^:es poisonous. 

 It IS not advisable to spray during blossoming, and spray- 

 ing with winter washes is useless. The Codling "\Ioth 

 [Carpocapsa fonionelLa 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 

 Xonpareil, in which the eyes are more or less closed, 

 are less susceptible tlian the Blenheim Orange and many 

 others. The perf:-ct Insect is a pretty brown ]\ioth with 

 coppery reflections, and measures abotit fm. from tiD 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 

 larv^ are whitish, pale a'cIIow. 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 larvse 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 larvae crawl down until thev reach the trunk. In 



