The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1899-03-30
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The greatest tirduoee 10 apple culture
IN ,he east 10 he scim that comes iron
the tss laid By tie codliss no b, Noss
days evsry,tiss ihsl ieisresis people |.
sfiitep sbcui. and ~ The codlins no'h
is,assis FRAT sros.rs 10 The sittSi Of
raining ope iearlh 10 one half Of tbs %
pie crop each year, il vonld be thonshi
ihsi good mssy pages .ould hsse been
sriltep about The pest Bat hsesms that
the latest snd bssi uork 90 u sa build
tin OF be Cor eli Station lli2). conisin
ips 20 pages sith Is illcsirsiors. A
tots vile worm Il e'e /, almost evssy body,
for every body either gross o. eats spPisf,
&c sill lay before our readers tne OF tue
tscts tronstt ent this bulleiio.
The eggs trs lid usually 90 the leav .
close to the spples OF 90 the apples them
selves. bnt 70, Oh The c.l,i . hiss been
generally supposed. The slss are lid
the lest part OF Msy OF The tirs, bali q
june Wutu tte pfthr ~ wv S'Ns'Nt
bare isllsn Il from most varitti oil Up
ples. A muth lays sbout 100 eess. but
msny Of these may be sterile. Sometimes
several egg. are laid on the same apple.
II takes the esq about week TO hatch.
The worm eats lie way gu, OF the ese
shell. and ID, n eats xtsievsr comes handy
for iss days. II The esg vas laid 90
Iesi, Il eats from tLst or II II energies up
on the skin oil the apple. II takes . lev
meals on the skin ~hsr yer IL bspptps TO
dui itself. BIT IL, home IL 10 the core oil
the apple, its choicest food is the apple
wee 10. and so il tunnels is way tbither ss
soon o. il conveniently can Right here
between the time the woim hatch and
the time II gets well ., work on It's way TO
| the apple core 10 the moot vulnerable
point 10 iis fs. Fer q short time the
worm must SGT its food on the surface OF
the apple. and here poison can be deposit
cd to hill the wtrm. Aud nov there
comes to light another fact. Fur q few
days after the blossoms fsll The cslyx re
mains open, then the leaves Of the cslyx
close together. II therefore the trees are
sprayed With paris green just alter the
bios ,oms fall, little Of the poison will
lodge 10 the caiyx or blossom end II the
little spple. and this will be covered up
by the closing OF folding over Of the leaves
Of the caly1. But the worm generally en-
tiers the apple ct this very point, and so is
very sure to make . meal OF the poison
and thus be destroyed.
BY spraying with Psris green from 80 to
even 90 per cent Of the fruit that would
otherwise be ruined can be saved with no
erea. expense. But the spraying must be
done at the right time. must be we'll d,ne,
or it will not protect. God has opened
this door OF hope to TO the orchsrdist. has
caused the worm to choose to enter the Up
pie at the blossom end, has provided that
the cslyx should remain open . short time
after the blossom falls, thus giving az op
portunity to spray the fruit and destroy
the worm. II has taken man centuries to
dad tits on, bnt now there is DO excuse
for not protecting the orchards aud the
sp pies from this pest A few late hatch
ei broods may escspe;s smaller number
OF the worms may eat where there lie 20
poison. rain may come at the time to
wash cf the poison before the oslyx leaves
close over it TO cover /, but these things
do rot prevent the destrn notion OF the
70 ms by careful sptsyers.
Right here Is great lesson 10 be learn
ed, tot alone the lesson thst the cooling
moth can be destroyed by the spraying
With P.ris green Just after the apple bios
SONS fall, bnt the greater lessons that the
mao who takes pains. who uses skill end
thought, and be alone will or can succeed
The orchsrdist who does not sprsy will
lose one half to three iourths OF bis apple
crop. The one who sprsys osrelessly will
save q part Of his crop. but the one who
ioes the spraying we'll, will get the meet
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