Insects  Injurious  to  Fruit  Trees. 
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Table  showing  average  prices  paid  for  Pruning  Trees  and 
Picking  Fruit,  and  an  estimate  of  the  average  wholesale 
prices  obtained  for  fruit. 
Variety  of  fniit 
Averajfo  price  for 
pruning 
-Apple 
V.  to  1/.  10.?.  per  acre  | 
Pear . 
V.  to  1/.  10.S’.  per  acre  | 
Cherry  . 
11.  to  11. 10<f.  per  acre 
Plum 
1/.  to  1?.  10s.  per  acre 
Goo!<eberry 
Is.  '2d.  to  Is.  6d.  per  100 
Black  Currant 
9(/.  to  Is.  per  100  | 
Red  Currant  . 
10</.  to  Is.  per  100 
Ra.spberry 
3s.  6d.  to  4s.  6d.  per  acre 
Strawberry  ■[ 
Cutting  runners, 
2s.  to  3s.  per  acre 
Nuts. 
10s.  to  14s.  per  100  | 
Average  price  fur  picking 
Average 
market  price 
l(f.  to  per  bushel, 
not  including  grading  or  packing 
2.V.  to  6.V. 
per  bushel 
Id.  to  IJd.  per  bushel, 
not  including  grading  or  packing 
4.V.  to  lO.v. 
per  bushel 
6(/.  to  W.  per  half  bushel 
f 3s.  6d.  to  7s. 
\ per  half 
I.  bushel 
8d.  to  Is.  2d.  per  cwt. 
3d.  to  id.  per  half  bushel 
( 3s.  to  (is. 
1 I per  bushel 
f l id.  to  2d. 
t per  lb. 
With  strig,  3t/.  per  half  bushel  2Jd.  to  34d. 
Without  strig,  6d.  per  halt  bushel  per  lb. 
4d.  to  6d.  per  half  bushel 
' id.  to  IJd.  per  lb. 
I 2d.  to  4d.  per  peck  of  12  lb. 
id.  to  6d.  per  half  bushel 
in  husk 
( lid.  to  -Id. 
{ per  lb. 
( 2d.  to  4d. 
1 per  lb. 
( 2d.  to  3(f. 
1 per  lb. 
3d.  to  6r/. 
per  lb. 
Insects  Injurious  to  Fruit  Trees. 
As  fruit  tree.s  arc  subject  to  many  insect  attacks,  wliich 
require  combating  with  the  utmost  skill,  promptitude,  and 
energy,  it  is  desirable  to  give  a brief  description  here  of  those 
most  prevalent  and  imjiortant,  as  well  as  of  the  best  means 
of  checking  and  preventing  them.  There  are  other  remedies 
and  machines  for  their  application,  but  those  described  here 
are  the  most  suitable  for  large  fruit  growers.  The  most 
dangerous  and  destructive  of  insects  injurious  to  fruit  crops  is 
the  Winter  Moth,  whose  caterpillars  in  some  seasons  strip  fruit 
trees  of  all  their  blossoms,  fruit,  and  foliage,  and  weaken  the 
trees  for  the  next  year. 
Winter  Moth  (^Cheimatohia  hrumataj. — There  are  several 
similar  species  of  moths,  but  the  chief  offender  is  the  Winter 
Moth.  The  females  of  this  moth,  as  of  some  other  species 
which  injure  fruit* trees,  are  wingless,  but  the  males  are  winged. 
In  the  early  days  of  October  the  Winter  Moths  and  the  allied 
species  come  from  chrysalids  in  the  ground,  in  the  grass,  or 
rubbish  around  fruit  trees,  and  the  females  crawl  up  the  trunk 
and  deposit  eggs  in  the  folds  of  the  rind  of  the  shoots  and 
branches,  near  the  buds,  and  glue  them  to  the  spot  with  a 
.•iticky  substance.  The  eggs  are  very  small,  cylindrical,  green 
