Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-06-01

Inc moth, r ana ", Is accurately repre-
sented in the picture in form and size. The
main color Is gray becked with darker dots
and bars, and with a characteristic copper
colored spot at the end of its front wings.
This spot will always enable one to distin-
guish this moth. Every apple grower should
put wormy apples in a small box and rear
the moths, that there may be no doubt
about the species. In May, about two weeks
after the blossoms appear, the female moth
commences to lay eggs in the calyx of the
blossoms, b. These soon hatch. when the
minute larva Shown full grown, F. eats into
the apple and feeds upon the pulp about the
core, filling the space with its focal filth,
These spring moths continue to come from
cellar or apple house till July. ! have taken
such moths July on the screen of my cellar
window The whitish Larvae attain their full
growth in about four weeks. This period
will be heightened by cold and shortened by
heat When mature the larva leaves the
apple, which may have fallen to the ground,
and seeks n secluded place in which to spin
its cocoon IL and pupate The pupa or
chrysalis ID is much like those of other
moths. The pupR of the June and July
Larvae are found in the cocoons soon after the
latter are formed, while those of the autumn
larN @ do not pupate till spring, but pass the
the second brood are laid i'll July, August
and September. The larvae feed in autumn,
and often till mid-winter, while as just stated
they do not rupate till spring
Professor Cook prefers London purple to
Paris green because it is cheaper and easier
to mix III tie water The mixture is as fol-
lows: mix the powder one pound to fl 'ty
gallons of water 1t is best to wet the pow
der thoroughly and make paste before put
ting it into the vessel of water, that it may
all mix, and not form Jumps For few
trees may use pail and Whiteman's
Fountain pump, always keeping the liquid
well stirred One common pail of the liquid
will suffice for the largest tree A teaspoon
full of the poison is enough for paiful of
water. For large orchard common barrels
should be used, drawn in a wagon. prefer
to have the barrels stand on end with close
movable float with two holes through it, one
for the pipe or hose from the pump and the
other for a stirrer. If very large orchards
are to be treated good force pump should
be fastened to the barrel In western
New York the handle of the pump
is attached to the wagon wheel, so that
no hand power is required other than
to drive the team and manage the pipe
which carries the spray. The spray may be
caused by fine perforated nozzle or
cyclone nozzle The finer it is the less liquid
will be required The important thing is to
scatter the spray on all the fruit, and get
just as little on as possible. The larva is
killed by eating the Ioison and we find that
the faintest trace suffices for the purpose.
Again, the poison should be applied early,
by the time the fruit is the size of n small
pea / have found one such application to
work wonders There is no doubt but that
ba Are foil htyo
others at intervals of two or three weeks,
would be more thorough, yet | have found
one application, made early, SO effective that
/ have wondered whether it is best or neces-
sary to make more than one application |
do think, however, that it must he early.
In MAY and June the calyX of the apple is
up, and so the poison is retained sufficiently
long to kill most all of the insects.
One more count in favor of this treatment
is the further good we receive by killing the
several rhytophagous Larvae that attack the
foliage of the apple mt this early period when
defoliation is so harmful. Thus the terrible
canker worm, the several destructive leaf
rollers which even eat out the very buds and
that old pest the tent caterpillar, are all
made TO bite the sod. Very likely, too, the
plum gouger which so deforms the apple in
Wisconsin, may also find in this remedy its
The danger from this practice | have
proved to be nothing at all The microscope
and chemical analysis have both shown that
all the poison has been removed long before
we wish to eat the fruit. The wind no less
than the rain helps to effect this removal, as
have shown by putting the poison on plants
sheltered from all rains OF course we
should not turn stock into an orchard till
heavy rain has washed the poison from all
heritage under the trees.
Where one farmer did not feel able to
afford the pump several might buy one in
partnership and use it turn about Spray
ing once week for a month, beginnin; Just
as the apples go out of bloom, will cure the
worst orchard that grows not only of the
codling moth, but also OF the caterpillar and
other rests. Its use has such marked effect
that where ono side of a tree has been
sprayed and the other side left, as an expert
ment, the sprayed side bore sound apples,
the other side wormy ones.