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down by a silken thread and pupates under the tree in the soil. If apple 

 has fallen to the ground the grub crawls out and buries itself as before. 

 The Chrysalids remain till the following spring, when they appear as 

 moths. 



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Apple attacked by Codlin Moth. 



Knowing something of the life history we may take steps to cope with 

 this pest. First all apples which show signs of being grubby should be 

 gathered from the tree if they can be conveniently reached. All fallen 

 grubby fruit shuld likewise be collected. In either case this grubby 

 fruit should be burnt. Spraying with Paris Green wash within a week 

 of the fall of the blossom is also to be recommended. Haybands or 

 grease bands around the trunk will also account for a number of the 

 grubs. 



Winter Moths are troublesome pests. The fact however that the 

 female is wingless at once suggests a mode of dealing with this pest 

 by means of grease bands. The moths are on the wing (male) during the 

 last two or three months of the year. Spraying with Caustic Soda Wash 

 in the winter months (Caustic soda 1 lb., Pearl Ash 1 lb., Soft 

 Soft 1 lb., 5 gals water) is a good preventitive where it can be employed. 

 Orchard trees however require grease bands to be placed around their 

 trunks. Cart grease put on butter paper makes a good band & special 



Grease band 



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preparations can also be purchased. The bands should often be renewed 

 & kept on till moths are no longer on the wing. The caterpillars feed 

 on the leaves & even the blossom. They are known as loopers. 

 Woolly Aphis or American Blight is a most destructive pest. On trained 

 & small bush trees it can easily be coped with. I find a camel hair 

 brush & methylated spirits first rate — just paint oyer the parts affected 

 getting well into the crevices. The Caustic Soda Wash in the winter 

 will also do much to eradicate this pest. In the case of orchard trees not 

 much can be done except cleaning & spraying in winter. 



Mussel Scale is another insiduous enemy of apple trees. Caustic 

 Soda wash in the winter applied two or three times ; afterwards scraping 



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