SK .V /- TROPJC CA LJFORN1A 
Fror 
brnnrhe 
s led down the branches 
r ™T* »'-y larva coming, 
‘boklng for* 
JttOfKOIK.- It ROOM If BNDBt', 
> the observations stated, wo .,,, ieu _ _ _ _ |uo 
to believe that the destruction of this post pUre.and those should be » um r ,,, ( 
must he consummated while it is in the ! ularly as the hand; 
caterpillar state. I A n 
At anytime between th 
3 ?iojtrap%. 
? first <Uy of Js, 
A prominent fruit g, 
| is near to this city (Sacratn 
vetnber and the first day of March of eadi I tbrae hundred h r , 
season, all (he apple, peitr and tptlncv if.-i--., —— ■ u • ■ 
any orchard infested by codiir. moth' 
ild b" — r..n..--• - - * • * i 
He employed t 
orchard 
off his 
b-*ga followed thi 
d ate all fruit thrown do 
in an' 
should he carefully scraped^ ami al| |,„^ 
bark removed. Procure a < Inth made of 
old sacks nr any material convcr.iimt. j ti-m wit* often r. peat 
aprvftd on tho ground around the tree a., [ u r I brood* v*«-rr- nearly drs 
as the scrapings are likely to full 
commence on tin tree as far up a* there is 
any rough loose bark, and scrape a , ,, r , . Fruit infested pi,-kfd 
fully off. Also examine and scrap , .ill rtroye-l, will prove 
froi 
This n 
The 
9 to trite. 
crevices in the hark or those formed in tlve 1 prai 
crotches of tin- tree. Continue oemping 
until you reach Ibc ground. This done 
gather tho se 
. >ycd, and 
| percentage of the late crops saved. 
ipilent remedy, hut exp 
•ff the tree, a 
^ . ceasfnl to tha 
IMIMRTATt 
To be successful, 
ther the scrapings eafefully off the cloth| destroy the springb rwl of m-'uN ' ^ ' ' 
OT — An; meant taken t 
broods will prevent tha late fruit from 
destroyed i tn mediately. 
In order to destroy any I time remaining ' lost 
on the tree, or in the 
crotches, indents or 
cracks, also to inaugu¬ 
rate the growth uf a new 
smooth bark, a wash 
should be applied as 
recommended in the fol¬ 
lowing rule: 
After scraping, the tree 
should bo washed with an 
alkaline wash made from a 
soft soap containing at. least 
nine per cent of potash. 
Thi* soap, when made, 
mixed willi twenty.five per 
ccui. of its weight willi Hour 
of sulphur. One pound of 
this mixture to each gallon 
of tvnler used for washing 
trees Instead <d this wash, 
the whale oil soap and sul¬ 
phur mixture known (i*c--d- 
lin moth wash, one pound tn 
each; gallon of water; or, a 
mixture containing not Irsa 
than one pound of com¬ 
mercial concentrated Ive m , .... 
three gallons of water. ’ ItESlHKNCK OF J. A. (JRAVKS, I. - An. 
Tnko it common whitewash brush and! The Natorn* Fruit Companr, F !v-n 
give the tree ft good coat of the soluiimi. nr ' Si - ramont-- count v, *< raped, washed two-, 
use n garden force-pump of some form, and handed twenty fi»f hundred pear trie- 
commencing at the top as far up as there at an average cat, labor im )., -fed. ..I - 
arc any erneks or crevices in the bark, and'cents pm tree. 
down to the ground. Repeal the. Disinfect all box-* returned from m«ik. 
beforo taking into the orchard. 
The female moths liwoNt their brood o 
gc* within forty eight Tirana 
f common straw wrap- j The egg cannot be seen plainly by tb 
ping paper, imy twenty-four tnebo* long j unaided roe. 
mid ton or twelve Inches wide, double it t he best time t- 
jnngtltwiau and put around tin* tree u few ^ it 0 t dawn of dav. m the m -nth* ,.-l June 
iflehes above the ground Frotn expert- and July. 
Him* I * made, bands of burlap or old The im.ih depo.si 
grain sack* torn in atrip* arts preferable Only united act* 
The larva creeping up tho tra« mak»* its • gam a’c-.-mplet, *h 
noat under tho hand. These baud* ahnatd. There am thrr* 
bn examined every seventh day, the larva- moth at h-««t, each 
collected and destroyed. Paper or rags laid (ral valley of Calif- 
on tho ground around the tree will answer Supposing the i 
partly the s imo purpose, but may not be wmi.i'it,.,, lost da* -f Mai, t 
easily examined. It i* nl» > -- • •mmpiided - fir.-u .,f tha sea*-m u'id -,-t- ... 
that some popar or raga should Im placed ( f wt iun bribe tnv.Umth --f June, ami t 
lit the crotches of the tree and on the rough 1 | |,y tweltth . i \-jg -1 
RESIDENCE OF 1 a <j* m? 
>1 W* 
have th* 
l IO ntir 
reader* a handa-ua# 
, tlr-o of 
the re* 
id.mm ..f ,. n e A th, 
i ir-ent 
legal lit 
fl-ta nf l.u. A«re 
» J- A- i. 
♦ravoa. 
Thi* house, whi-'b 
«uty tar 
-ka u on* of rh-- 
tv, waa 
-•.matrmt-d in | 
>erriajor 
i of •*. ffuvitt, K... 
Illrtl 
east er 
wrier of 
Fort and Third * 
t in U> 
a Aogsira. The «. f 
feet. tr,d th- miihra 
> cellar 
and bn 
r but we 
i ve*tun 
* lL 
wash down to [111 ground, Keno 
washing before the spring; this will destr-n 
any lame or elirvaollda left on the tree 
Hand* .should bp placed on trees as fol- - 
Iowa: Take u piece of c 
r*M (ml 
ed a h«] 
-f! We are gla 
| (ifavva h*» I 
k Baker Block - 
I fruit grower* 1 
> otef this peel, 
mol* of the coc 
on, in tlu* great c 
matured front 1 
