Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-12

should be made to have them amended.
o. w. Reeds paper on the ccdlin
moth and remedies therefor as follows
was read by Mr.. Rice:
The Goblin moth, cdrp0capsa ponao-
nella, or apple worm, originally came
from Europe, and is believed to have
reached California through fruit sent
from the East for exhibition at our State
fair about the year 1872. Downey says
| The perfect insect is small moth, the
free wing gray with q large round
brown spot on the latter margin,.'
ineee moths appear in Oali.
fornia the latter part of April ard
early In May, and deposit .keir eggs
mostly in the blossom ends OF
ali kinds OF apples and pears. In a
short time these eggs hatch, and the
worm burrows in the fruit until it
reaches the core, causing the fruit to
ripen prematurely and drop to the
ground. The worm when mstured leaves
the fruit and crawls up the body of the
tree into crevices OF the bark, or crotches
of the tree, and spins its cocoon. The
moth in California soon matches again,
coming from its cocoon in the winged state
whence they seek their breeding ground,
the fruit, and deposit their crop of eggs.
Three generations will develop in some
parts of California in one season, and the
increase is so rapid that with late varie-
ties of apples and pears hardly sound
specimen can be obtained, if nothing is
done to check its depreciation. There
are many remedies for this fruit pest, all
having more or less merit. Any means
that will destroy the insect, or the larva,
is desirable. Scraping off the
rough bark and putting on
bands of cheap straw-paper, or old sacks,
will make trap by which thousands Of
the Larvae can be destroyed by examining
these hiding places every week or ten
days. Some ingenious devices have been
invented, made of wire, which allow
the small worm to enter, but prevents
his coming out after being developed into
moth. The most satisfactory remedy
that have found to use is Paris green,
one pound dissolved with ammonia to
160 gallons of water, and sprayed on the
fruit with an ordinary spray pump as
soon a5 the blossoms drop and again in
about ten days. The mixture must be
kept thoroughly stirred while being used,
otherwise it will become concentrated
and burn the leaves. l have saved ninety
per cent of crop of pears by the use Of
Paris green, when at least ninety per
cent OF the crop of the year previous we're
wormy. Swine, although they are
troublesome animals in an orchard, dc
good work in destroying the Goblin moths
by eating the fruit that drops prematurely
from the trees.
Another very practical method for
destroying the Goblin moth is to burn
lights in an orchard placed over pans of
water with little coal oil on the top.
Thousands of moths can DO caught in
this way. Growers will be we'll paid to
use anv practicable method in the most
thorough manner for destroying this
most destructive of all pests of the ap-
pie and pear.
A short paper by Alexander Craw. on
Parasitic Insects" was also read by
Mr.. Rice. Mr.. Craw stated that there
was but little new to report in the way
of parasitic insects, but that researches
we're going on. He thought that it
would be good plan to have an agent
employed who could be sent to every
place where remedy was reported, and
make the proper investigation.
Geo. Rice's paper on "The Rise and
DO0 hAoii "a euO 1NOA a uiNh1ci, NhACh
will appear in full in the HERALD to-
morrow, was next read.
An essay on the "Wooly Apis" by E.
A. Rogers, of Sonoma county, was also
read. He suggested as remedy the ap-
plying of coal oil by means of swsb
A paper on "The Red Scale" by Mr..
H Hamilton, of Orange, which will ap-
pear in full in tomorrow's HERALD, was
also read.
Abbott Kinney moved that resolu-
ton of thanks be rendered to those who
had introduced the enemy of the scale
into this State. Carried.
Mr. LIE Long moved that committee
be appointed to secure a subscription for
memorial to Albert Keobele; carried,
and Messrs. Collins, Craw, Snow. Kim.
ball and Runyon were appointed.
A committee was also appointed to
suggest changes in the quarantine law.
A discussion then followed on the
scale and the remedies, and at half past
5 O'Clock the convention adjourned until
this morning.