The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-05-12

lens Que which every fruit grower shoul
take immediately into Consid sration.
ia an endsavor TO cheuk the ravages OF
this Insect ut the earliest possible date.
The moth ia gradually spreading over
the different valleys Of tue county and
it 10 only questions uf time until every
orchard Ia the couuty may he infested
At present it is found Ia but few or.
chards and In those only 10 e limited
extent, but This coalition will nOt Al
ways remain, for when we take into &C
oOunt the fact that the moth generally
Ftproduoes itself about hfty fold. aud IN
San Juan county there are probably
two II not three generations, each Of
which will reproduce itself by about the
same number it can readily be seen that
the succeeding generations will do
great doul more damage than the pre-
eedinr onou caused.
The time to fight this insect is now
upOn u.s. and 40 pains should be spared
70 take properly hvla Of Il before too
late. Orchardists knowing that their
orchards are infested should not keep il
secret but begin the hght At once aud
those Who are in dosbt whether the
moth is in their orchards should aBcer.
tain She facts at once and II il is found
that IL IL not present the necessary pre-
cautions should be taken to prevent it
from eomlng
The writer is yet uncertain whether
there are two or three generations Of
She codling moth in this county during
the season, but intends TO make some
Investigations along this line this com
ing summer aud TO collect some data
that will probably solve this important
problem. This, however, is OF very little
Importance 10 us at present, the hrst
problem that We should consider being
the checking or destruction OF the tirat
generation which will now emerge from
ita hiding place in \ few days, probably
sometime between the first aud hftRenth
Of May, or Il the cold weather oOntihues
uuy bo not until a week or two later ~ q
the southern part Of the territory motua
we're nrst noticed about April IS, bat
taking the altitude as we'll as the lati-
tude Of this county into consideration.
the northern sections Of the territory
aHd especially San Juan and Rio Arriba
counties will probably not be bothered
until about the middle Of May.
The young worm Immediately after
beiag hatched and while on it's way to
tho fruit, eats Of the pareHchs ma Of the
LEST and thus subeists until the apple 10
reached here in most cases the salyx
end ia tho recipient OF the worm which
generally enters from that end. IL has
also been noticed that whore two apples
hang go as to touch each other while lju
the Tree the worm very frequently cutters
one Of them scar the place where they
touch; the same thing also Occurs when
leaf sdheres or lays closely to an apple.
The worm when once inside the fruit
is practically gay from all danger so
far as poisoning is concerned, aud where
6prHyine 10 resOrted 10 care should he
taken 30 sprHy ihorouRhiy hefpyo &C en
ters the ffuit. rhis may be accOmp
lisked b. spraying just as soon after the
blossoms tall ~ possible. aud while the
apple is yet in an almost vertical pcsi-
tiOn with the ealyx end up, thus forming
q cup like place which holds The poisoH
aud through which large per ceat of
the worms will have to pass bstore en-
toring the apple. The hrst spraying
should be thorough and no pains should
be spared to make it 80. lt would by
tar be better To put two or three times
the amount equired on a tres and get il
thoroughly sprayed than 10 ecOnomiEe
Ia ths poison aud give it only one-halt
enough.
For spraying for the codlinE moth d
solutiOH consisting Of one pound of Paris
green and about an equal amount oi
unslacksd lime may be added To ~ gal
Ions OF water aud applied with any OrdI
nary spray pump. This spraying should
be repeated IN about asWeek or ten
days Some difficulty will be found Ia
making the poison adhere to the apples
aud leaves. aud the writer knows OF no
ingredient that eau be mixed with the
water so as 10 avoid this evil, but toI
tho purpose Of experimentation would
suRgss, that a small ainOust OF hour or
molnases be added. What results this
will give can hardly be forseen and those
Undertaking il would do 50 only for the
DaSpOao Of experimentation, which may
prove oi value to them. This sulutioA
should be sprayed upon all apple aud
poar troos the moth is known 10 fire.
quent, and should rain enough fall
70 wash it from the leaves aud fruit
after the spraying has oeen completed
10 should be repealed as soon as possible
thereafter, always bearing in MUD that
the more completely the fret geaeration
Of Worma is checked, the less trouble
will be reserved from the succeeding
breeds.
in addition TO the spraying, it would
probably aiaO be advisable for every
orchardist to band the trunks Of his
trees 9Th stiff paper, burlap or other
suitable material which may be avail
able Blih paper or about three thick
nesseH of ordinary newspaper may be
wrapped around the trunk uf the tres
and reasonably close 70 the ground.
This paper should be long enough 10
ouuirelo the tTunk and leave enough 20
Lap the ends where they meet; through
this lap az Ordinary carpet tack should
b. pressed with the thumb into the
WoOd oi the tree, thus holding the bahd
u place aud making it 90 the bsnd can
be easily removed aud inspected, which
should be done at least once a week, aud
al larv@ hibernuting hereunder should
30 killed.
The worm as Il leaves the fallen apple
will ia most easos climb the trunk OF the
tree searching for some suitable plaue
On which to hibernate and If these bands
are found before some crevice Or sealed
bark il will spin its cOeoon hereunder
The orchard should OF course bo kept
aa clean as possible and all trash or rub
biah left on the ground from the proceed.
ing winter should be plOWed under or
burnt il the early spring 90 thal al
larvae hibornatiRg therein will bo killed
The worms that leave the apples while
thoy are yet on the tree will probably
crawl doRn tho branches until sDmo
suitable hiding place in found, aad con
ooqueutly = great Rumbar escape trnln
being killed, and thence fnrniah new
material for the succeeding breeds. Re-
csntinvestigations, where both branches
and truhk we're banded. show that more
worms collected beneath the bands on
an. L..I- oh.r han ftanaafh thoan an thr