Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-02-08

= DIR. Trimnal, entomologist of New Jersey,
was recently in New York city, and gave, ON
being introduced TO The club, the results Of
his experience FOR the past twenty years in
dealing with the insect enemies Of fruit and
fruit trees, together with absorption Of the
appearance and manner Of working of the
several species, as follows;
FIRST, THE. TENT CATERPII.IAR.-Is
found in every State in the Union. 1t eats
off the leaves, and thus 40 to speak, destroys
the lungs of the tree. The best and only
sure mode Of destruction is to search the
trees in the spring, and crush nests before
the caterpillars escape. He had tried
smoking and various artificial modes rec0m-
mended, but found them failures. Among
birds, the .yellow-winged cuckoo Is most
yoracious Of these insects. The moth comes
TO maturity early in June, it may be discov-
cred on the tree during winter, and cut OF
TUE APPLE TREE BoREk-Is an enemy
especially TO the ounce, peach and apple
tree. 1t can easily be detected in summer
from the noticeable fact that tan color and
| fine chips exude from the mouth Of the hole
where il Is working. Its operations are
confined mainly TO the trunk near the fork
of the principal branches. The surest and
most practical way to destroy the borer, il
| to drive a long wire needle into the hole
| till the end of it is reached. i-2i' p .glat
| PEACH WoRN.--The peach worm is
! found mainly in the latitudes south Of New
York State. The manner of its detection
and destruction are the same as in the case
OF the borer. 1t is found during cold wealth
| er between the bark and wood Of the tree.
THE CURcUL1o.-T insect, which is Of
the beetle or corn-weevil species, is prob
] ably the most destructive to fruit of any
known at the present time. Its ravages are
| not confined to any one variety Of fruit, but
extends to nearly all, although affecting
some, as for instance, the pear and apple,
more than others. He had tried all the pre-
/ scribed remedies, but found nothing so
efiectual as destroying the withered fruit as
il drops from the trees after being stung by
the curculio. The grub of the future insect
is deposited in these, and of course by des-
troying them, the number that would appear
/ next season is thereby diminished in pro-
portion as the work is done thoroughly.
Neither birds nor barnyard fowls destroy
the curculio TO any considerable extent.
The apricot and plum suffer extremely from
the eurculio.
THE APPLE MorH-Is becoming even
more common than the eurculio. These
two together have pretty much destroyed
the apple crop Of New Jersey. The moth,
unlike the curculio, flies by day. As the
fruit when stung by the moth does not neces-
sarily fall to the ground, the mode of exter-
mination must be different from that prac-
ticed in the preceding case. How then
shall we get at them? An answer to this is
found in the fact that the cocoon Of the moth
is deposited under the rough bark on the
trunk of the tree Woodpeckers often pene'
trate this bark with their bill to secure their
prey. Mr.. T. recommended tying hay
rope around the tree and one around each
of the principal branches. Under these, the
cocoons of the caterpillars would be depos-
tied and might be easily destroyed. He had
thus taken two hundred and fifty on a small
tree and he believed it to bethe best remedy
for the purpose yet discovered.