Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-02
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DR.. Trimnal, entOmOlogist Of New
Jersey, was recently in New York city,
and gave, on being introduced 10 the
club, the results Of his experience for the
past twenty years in dealing with the in
sect enemies Of hLit and fruit trees, to-
nether with 8 description of the appear
ance and manner Of working OEthe sew
eral species, as follows:
FIRsT. TIE TENT CATERPELLAR-Is
found IN every State in the Union. II
eats of the leaves, and thus 50 70 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 recommended, but found them
failures. Among birds, tho yellOw.winged
cuckoo is most v-Orecious Of these insects.
The moth comes TO maturity early in
JUne-may be discovered on the tree
during winter, and cut OF.
TIE APPLE TREE BORER-Is an en-
envy especially TO the ounce, peach and
apple tree. II continues 10 work three
years, by which time it generally perfO-
rates the tree. Il a easily be detected
il Summer from the noticeable fact that
tan color and hne chips exude from the
mouth Of the hole where il is working.
It's operations are confined mainly TO the
trunk nea the fork Of the principal
branches. The surest and most practical
way 70 destroy the borer is to drive along
wire needle into the hole til the end OF
i is rescued.
PEACH WoBL-Tbe peach worm is
found mainly in the latitIde south OF
New York state. The manner Of its de-
lection and destruction are the same as
in the case Of the borer. II is found du-
ring cold weather between the bark and
the wood Of the tree
TIE CCRCCLIO.-This insect which Is
Of the beetle OF c~Orn-weev1l species, Is
probably the most destructive 10 fruit OF
any known 6Lthe present time. Its raw
ages are not confined 10 any q variety
OF fruit, but extend TO nearly 81, al
though affecting some, as for instance,
the pear and apple, more than others.
He had tried al the prescribed remedies,
but found nothing so efectual as de-
E1r0ying the withered fruit as il drops
from The trees after being stung by the
curcuIio. The grub Of the future insect
is deposited in these, and Of course by
destroying them, the number that would
appear next season Is thereby dimin-
shes IN proportion As the work Is done
thoroughly. Neither birds nor barnyard
INV u AE-AALN -ELAALAAD ~ ally ElA1AA-
cradle extent The apricot and plum
suffer extremely from the curculiO.
The APPLE MOTIFS becoming even
more common than the curcuHO. 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 necessarily fall 10 the ground,
the mode Of determination must be dif-
fe-elt from hat practiced In the prece-
ding case. How then shall we get al
LL6u? An answer TO this is found in
the fact that -rhe.cocOon Of the moth i
deposited under the rough bark on the
trunk Of the tree. WOodpeckers often
penetrate this bark with their bill 70 Sc
cure their prey. Mr. 7. recommended
wing q hsv rope around the tree and one
around each Of the principal branches
Under these, the oocoOns OF the caterpil-
lars would be deposited and might be
easily destroyed. He had thus taken
two hundred and fifty on 8 small tree
and ne believed il 10 be the best remedy
for the purpose yet discovered.