American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-01-09

vent her doing go. some Of which have
been patented. Probably the best is q
gutta percba trough, encircling tho tree,
filled with cil.. IL ,uollsD = ~ ~
The apple leaf louise is q small green
insect often foupd covering the under sile
Of apple leaves In early spring and
throughout the season. they ate one Of
the greatest wonders of nature. The
eggs are laid ID the fall before, in tie
cracks and crevices Of TIE earth, and
hatch out in the spring male and female
lice the females soon commence bring
ing forth lice. Female lice. while young.
continue % bring forth live lice. all fe-
males. for seven generations, or during
the season. Towards the end Of the
season there is a crop Of lice with wings,
both male and female. which lay the eggs
for the next generation. the next spring.
They are exceedingly prolific; it has
been proven that single individual may.
in five generations, become the progenitor
of nearly six thousand millions Of descen
But luckily for The tree planter. they
have numerous enemies that are as vora.
cious in destroying them as they are pro-
inc In breeding. But they do more
damage than is generally supposed. their
mum bers in countless millions continually
puncturing and sucking the juices from
the leaves but they seldom do fatal or
injurious injury TO the life Of the tree.
We cannot take up time in noticing but
one species Of their numerous enemies
that serve to hold them in check. This
is the well known lady bird or bug. "a
miliar to most every one. of which insect
there are many varieties. all perfectly
harmless. and very bene6 fetal TO man, both
in the larvr and perfect state, destroying
immense numbers Of plant lice and other
noxious insects. They may be readily
known by their peculiar shape and mark
ipgs they are in shape very much like
turtle. and coored red with black dots.
yellow with black dots, black with yellow
dots. The most voracious and beneficial
is, believe, the largest Of the species
here, yellow with fifteen black dots; the
larvae of this one feeds on the eggs Of the
Colorado potato bug. We found q
friend picking and killing the Larvae Of
this last from his cherry trees last spring
after they had cleaned them from lice.
thus. iguorantly destroying his best
friends. a1a-s y0t.
ANIMALS DESTRUCTIVE TO TREEs.-Of
these, rabbits and mice are most to be
feared. A young orchard kept TILED
with care is seldom troubled with either.
We have no faith in any washings or
crossings to prevent rabbits from grid
ling tress. Our plan is to have no shell
ter near the orchard for them. such as
weeds, grass and brush then il they
should become troublesome, by feeding
them with red oak brush. corn, or the
shotgun, they are easily driven away
from the trees or killed. Meadow mice
will not eat apple bark if they can gel
anything else to eat they like better
they like corn better, and il is cheaper
feed for them than the bark Of your
apple trees. " Feed the hungry" II
you should be SO unfortunate as to
have your trees grdled by them. II
you bank soil up around them some +
inches above where injured. a new bark
will form on the Injured parts before the
-, Il nf TL;s :. Pe,t VI Jul
great discovery. But the surface Of the
wood where girdled, must not be allowed
o become dry or seasoned before the
emedy is applied. II several coats of
helac varnish be applied when the bark
5 taken from The stem Of the tree by rab ,
tits, with the same precautions OF not
citing the sap wood get dry before ap- :
lying, we think the tree will not be in 9
ured. ..-
INSECTS INJURIOUS TO FRUn-Of these {
'e have one that is very destructive.
he larvae Of the Cooling moth. The
10th deposits her eggs singly in the 8
lesson end Of the apples. which soon =
atch, and the maggot eats it's way into 9 =
le core of the fruit, where it breeds, Il
ausing the frui' to prematurely ripen
nd decay. When the larv@. is full !
rown, it eats its way out Of the fruit,
-awls down the tree or falls with the P
uit, and crawls up and hides itself un- !, y
err The rough bark, or other covering, N
I'D goes into the pupa state, in which N
ate it remains from two weeks to two ~
onths, some all Winter. when they 3
'me out late. The perfect insect is q ::
nall moth. fore wings, gray. flying usu. j,
Iy late in the evening. There are u
any ways Of destroying them. none Of !,
EN- perfect such as gathering all the d
ormy fruit before the maggot comes y