The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-05-15
LEBANON, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY is. 1891.
Farm Notes.


AuG Soutth hAotns
The Goblin moth Is attracting good
deal of attention In California just
now. Not only has its vigorous de-
struction become necessary to the
securing OF u crop of apples In most
OF the apple growing districts, but 1t
has also attacked the pear and ounce
TO some extent. The increase OF the
pest all over the United States for the
last few years has been very rapid,
and 1t Is now acknowledged that
spraying at the proper time with
arsenic solutions Is almost necessary
to the securing of n crop. The first
brood of the moth puts in an appear
ance rs soon as the blossoms begin TO
fall and the fruit is formed. This Is
usually from the middle to the latter
part of April or first of May. The
female deposits her eggs in the calyx
OF the fruit, and In a week the egg Is
Matched and the young worm begins
to eat to the core Of the fruit,
Three or four weeks after the time
of Matching, when the larva is nearly
mature, the body assumes pinkish
or flesh.colored tint, being slightly
more colored on the back. It then
begins to burrow Its way out of the
fruit and descends by spun thread
TO the ground or some place OF refuge
on the trunk or large branches of the
tree, where 1t spins around itself
cocoon. In about two weeks the in
sect has changed itself into moth,
proceeds 70 lay eggs for n second
brood OF larva. The moth is not so
particular apout disposing its eggs
the second time and will place them
on the fruit at any convenient point,
but usually where the apples come in
contact with each other or with some
obstruction. Many methods OF trap
ping the Goblin moths have been
tried, but the only really effective
remedy is TO spray with solution OF
Paris green London purple can be
used by very careful operators, but as
the proportion of arsenic Ii contains
greatly varies, 1t is dangerous in the
hands of anyone but an expert. The
proportions of the solution are one
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gallons OF water. No addition is made
to the Paris green excepting the water
after 1t has been dissolved with am
monia. The application should be
made with very fine spray nozzle,
so that the poison may be evenly dis
tributed upon every portion of the
fruit. The first application should be
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Earlier spraying, it Is claimed by
those who have experimental, will
not only be of little service in the de-
struction of the worm, but will also
ljeopartlize the lives of the bees which
collect honey from the blossoms. An
other spraying should be given be-
fore the apples droop downward, so
that the poison can settle into the
| blossom ends, but the strength of the
solution should be reduced to say one
pound of Paris green to 800 gallons of
water; even a third. spraying a little
later will prove beneficial. Great care
should be taken that the solution is
constantly stirred while being used,
50 that the proportion of poison may
be evenly distributed. If only one
lspraying is to be done early in the
season little soap added will make
the Paris green stick more securely.
II rain should occur soon after
spraying, the operation should be re-
peated very soon after, otherwise no
great amount of benefit will result.
If the spraying is done effectually and
thoroughly from rs to 80 per cent of
the worms will be destroyed. Great
care should be taken to destroy all
apples which fall to the ground and
to keep the trees clean of loose bark,
and the orchards free from piles OF
lumber, trash or anything that may
furnish hiding place for the worms
which escape.
The last brood will spin theii
cocoons in some such hiding place
and will remain dormant until spring
when the moths will issue in due time
ready to destroy another crop.-Cal
ifornia Fruit Grower.