The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-10-25

n ColllnI Moths.

every part Of the known world where 70
IL grown. The apple worm Is the cat
erpillar Of small grayish moth. the
fore-wlngs OF which AFRO Of brownish
color. crossed by numerous gray and
brown lines. with an oval dark brown
spot near the hinder angle infinitely
edged with bright copper color. The
head and thoray are gray. tho hinder
wings and abdomen yellowish brown.
The moths appear in the Northern
States about the first of June; in lower
1atitudes somewhat earl or. The 10.
males drop an egg In the calyx OF
blossom end ot the fruit; in about q
week II reaches the core. where II feeds
for about n month. seldom longer.
When fully grown the caterpillar is Of
pinkish or flesh color. and. II the ap-
pie be cut open. may DO seen In some
one of it, burrows. from viii, h IL quick.
w escapes. II not disturbed il will
bore hole from the center OF the fruit
TO the surface. escaping either before OF
after IL has fallen To the ground. which
Usually happens soon after the caterpil.
lar has reached the core. becoming
what il usually called windfall. The
caterpillar after reaching the ground
rrawls away into some sheltered place.
usually In the cracks o. the same tree
upon the fruit of which it has been
feeding. AMI there spins n thin cocoon.
In which IT. pupa remains few weeks
or months, depending upon the season
in which they have appeared, for it Il
now settled that ~ some sections there
nre two broods OF this insect In sea-
son. The first or spring brood pass
through their four stages. egg. larya.
pupa aud image. the latter populate. and
the females deposit eggs on fruit late
in the season, the caterpillars
produced there;rom being Matched
in the winter varieties from
which many do not escape until the APP
pies are barrellcd aud sent 10 market.
or stored sway in cellars. The cocIons
or silken cases. containing the pupr,
are often found attached 10 tho cmptied
barrels. or hidden away in fruit rooms
or cellars. These are from the second
brood. For long time IL was sup
posed that the caterpillar spent its en-
tire larya od in the fruit where n
the g was deposited. but several OBJ
rSsNN4ns lNNtilNsAHAasahAN W NoNu okh'As
have detected !. passing i.om one APP |
pie To another. Ono % the most care |
iul students Of the habits of this insect |
Alr. :. Il. Peck. OF Muskegon. Mich, !
writes on this point rs follows:
Experiments have been made BY my.
self and others with the following re-
suits: The larve have repeatedly been
placed in contac, with sound apples. |
and soon found inside; they enter moro
readily when shut rom the light Some |
NV nty Injected apples taken from tho
tree have BEEN placed in a box with
lew sound ones, when, after M interval
uf day or two. the sound ones have
been occuried by the larye. A nearly |
iuli-srown larva has boon shut up with |
a sound pie. one and quarter inches
n diameter. and in less than twenty |
ioar hours was found inside with the |
whole core demolished. showing that IL |
does not take fellow long 10 use up n
specimen. a larva was also discovered |
IN its passage from ole apple 10 an
other. the two being in contact, and
several cases have occurred where a
passage between apples in contact has
evidently been ma,lc by one occupant
Tho observations and experiments |
thus related have been confined TO the
esriy part OF the season and 10 the first !
brood OF lary@, not supposing that the
emigration continued after the fruit
vas nearly ripe; but IL is now ascer-
sained that they do emigra,e after the
lruit has been gathered and stored.
Now. these discoveries and investiga-
aons are not merely 70 crafty curiosity.
out they open new and more success
iul mode Of wariare; for. IL true. the
iaily picking OF the infected fruit and
is destruction Is at once suggested ~
the most efficient remedy. aud we may
nave hopes that with ihs and the band
age system we must be able TO save
portion oil our crop, II not eventually
70 run ont this insidious pes"
The bsndasc system referred to
above. is the ono most generally used
lor destroying the cooling moths. IL
consists in writing about the stem Of
The tree. few feet from tho ground.
tome kind OF soft cloth. Tho ca;erpil-
airs that have fallen from or with the
lruit rs they ascend the tree In search
II safe Mace in which 10 spin their co
soons find here one apparently adapted
,or their own purpose, preferable even
20 the cracks in the bark OF the tree,
and Immediately commence their
work. These bands Can DO readily ex-
AHMED every few days. and all cater
pillar, and pupe found uader them east
~ destroyed. Old rags and pieces Of
.acking or ropes NAV be used for bands.
some pre- or ropes OF has 10 anything
,lso, because by moving them up and
!own on tn stem the pune and Gator
pillars can DO crushed without taking
Shc bands from the tree.
Several traps Of complicated form
have been invented. and one at least |
has been patented. but tho simple band
IS cheaper and more elective.
Another method OF determination 10
by hanging under the trees wido- |
mouthed Jars or bottles, in which q
mixture OF molasscs, vinegar and water.
in proportion of one. two and four re-
spectively. over which a light is sus-
pended. The moth flies mostly at night,
is attracted by the light. baited by the
mixture. and finally drowned in num-
bers surprising TO those who have never
tried L.
Still another plsn. recommended by
Mr.. j. :. Woodward at \ meeting OF |
the Horticultural Society of Western
New York. Is to spray u the trees in |
the orchard with u solution made by |
dissolving a tablespoonful OF Paris
green la barrel OF water. to DO ap-
piled when the apples are about the
sire Of cherries, or when the worm Is
about to enter the apple through the
calyx. He says this Is entirely efficient
and that one sprinkling in n season Is
all that is required To do 1t may at
first sight seem much labor. but by |
using any one of several good force
pumps in market. with hose and sprink-
Ter attached. il can be done readily and |