Remedies. — Crush as many of the egg patches as can be 
found during the winter or early spring when other work is 
not pressing. As soon as the blossoms have fallen spray 
with Paris green, London purple or arsenite of lime as for 
the Codling Moth. At the end of a week repeat the appli- 
cation. If heavy rains intervene, or if, for any reason, the 
worms are found to be continuing their work In large num- 
bers after the end of another week, make a third applica- 
tion. Make the first treatment in the strength of about i 
pound of the poison to i6o gallons of water and the later 
ones a little weaker, about i pound to 200 or 240 gallons of 
water. 
If the eggs are very abundant, it will be well to make 
one treatment just before the blossoms open. 
The treatments made after the blossoms have fallen 
will also do service in destroying the Codling Moth and any 
leaf-devouring Insects that may be present. 
A thorough coating of white-wash upon the trunks and 
main limbs will destroy a large proportion of the worms 
while eating out from the eggs. My experiments have 
shown that the little worms cannot survive eating through 
a layer of lime over their egg patches. If the coating of 
lime does not cover the patches, or if it becomes loose and 
scales off before the worms eat their way out of the eggs, 
this treatment will do no good. The application of lime 
should be made about the middle of April, or just in ad- 
vance of the blossoming of the earliest plum trees. Use the 
best quality of lump lime in making the wash. 
Mr. David Brothers, of the Colorado State Board of 
Horticulture, reports great success in capturing the moths 
in pans of dilute cider vinegar set about the orchard at 
night. The moths begin to fiy about the last days of June 
and continue for two or three weeks. This Insect also oc- 
curs abundantly on many other trees, particularly, in this 
state, upon plum, cherry, pear, osage orange and currant and 
rose bushes. 
THE TENT CATERPILLAR. {(Jlisiocanifju fragilis Stretch.) 
d'his insect is readily recognized by its white silken webs 
or tents In the crotches of the limbs of the trees early in the 
season, d'he tents begin to be formed as soon or a little be- 
fore the leaves of apple trees begin to open. The caterpil- 
lars make their homes in the tents, but go out over the tree 
to feed. The tents are quite dense and seldom attain more 
than one foot In lengtli. I'he cater|)il]ars are all gone by 
the first of July. 
