Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-06-05

A Michigan correspondent Of Voks Maya
zine gives the following methods Of destroy
ing the codling moth, one Of the great enc
mics Of the apple orchard. He placed sweet
ened water on q bee-stand TO ootch the bee
moth. In doing 80 he found six moths the
following morning, which proved to be the
codling moth. He then determined to try
an experiment to catch the cooling moths,
and in the evening basin Of sweetened wat
or was hung on the limb Of harvest apple
tree, and the next morning the liquid in the
basin was completely covered with codling
moths lie then had made thirty ave or for
ty basins holding a trAe over pint each,
with wire balls by which 10 hang them up.
The place selected TO hang the basin should
be open and easy Of access. No more liquid
abould be prepared than il needed for imme-
date USE for IL kept long II will lose its ripe
apple or new cider smell and taste. For
thirty to thirty five basins take gallon OF
rain water and sweeten II, then add little
vinegar TO give it aroma, for II is the ripe APP
pie or cider smell that attracts the moths to
their LIQUID graves The correspondent thinks
that sorghum molasses is best for sweetening
! The time for commencing the use Of the bath
will depend upon the season, somewhere
from the 1st to the 9th OF May, and 1t should
! be continued until July, when the first brood
| of moths will have been captured.
by hanging out basin as tester about
the time the moths are expected, their arrival
can be exactly determined. When this is
known, place the basin in position, and at
dusk put about gill of the prepared liquid
in each In the morning on visiting u etrspf
you will find from 100 to 800 oodlng moths
IN each one. Do not allow the liquid to re-
main in the basins more than two or three
days at a time and then sponge them ou'
and refill them. In August there is second
brood of insects, and to be prepared for then
it is necessary TO keep mp basin or two unit
they appear.
When the season is over pack away the
basins for future use. One basin will serve
two trees, unless the trees are very large
In practice il will be found that three or fou
different kinds Of moths besides the codlinl
moth are captured, including the big, CLUMSY
dark moth that produces the tent caterpillar
a little silver winged moth, the mother of tn
white webbed caterpillar and at lea-t on
other species.
As every one knows, the codling moth i
the mother Of the apple worm. II il harm
less little insect, but a half-inch in lengtl
when the wings are folded. II il Of an asl
color, with embroidered calico wings. Sh
flies abroad only at night, when she visits on
branch after another, dspositing little eg
in the blow end Of the apple, and AZ soon a
| her stock ls exhausted bne uleb. Inc tBB
soon hatch and the worm eats its way to til
core Of the apple, and then the injured fru
falls to the ground, where, II the fruit is nc
picked up by hogs and sheep, the larve 800
leaves II and burrows into the ground, an
5 there spins for itself winter house, or els
matches out, producing moth that will Wis
the fruit in August.
In addition to the above information, MI
Wick writes that some parties are now yer
persistently advocating the spraying of tb
orchards with water containing arsenic, Par
green or London purple, whom the fruit
about the size of marbles, soon after Il
a falling Of the blossoms, renewing the appl
cation when necessary after heavy rain
This operation is productive Of good result
3 However, serious accidents have attended Il
( agricultural use of these poisons.
8 John Mcintyre has made successful eXpeI
I ments, the trap being of whey placed in larl
! open dishes He says: 81 have set the wht
y trap for several years, and have never seen
worm in an apple in my orchard The trs
s should be- set about two feet or 30 in heigh
o the odor OF the whey must be attended I
and the trap or dish filed to within two inc
a es of the brim. The vessels must be of eaI
:, access and the liquid Of an attractive odor
Il Certainly this method of trapping insects
s easily put in practice, and is worth caref
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