Cañon City record., 1900-04-26
KILL TnE cODLIN0 MOTH.
David Brothers. 0ss of coIors1o's
Most Succsssfal Fruit Growers.
Olives fils Expssisscs.


The season Is approaching whom
war must be waged on the codling
moth if we are to have apples free
from worms. The following expert
snce by David Brothers is worth
reading and following:
For some years l have bought
second hand apple barrels in Denver
for my next years crop. l have .
cellar that holds 1000 barrels. From
March to May lst l used to burn
sulphur in the cellar, thinking it
would kill the worms and miIlers q
they hatchsd out, but the apples kept
getting more wormy. Fumigating
did no good lit will net kill one worm
out of hundred. The barrels and
boxes ought to be scslded. l have q
large kettle that l use for that pur-
pose. They ought to be kept in the
boiling water loog enough to be sure
the worms are desd-about . minute
to the barrel will kill them.
The codling moths do not fly very
far. In 1897 ! had about 1000 bar
rels of winter apples and ninety per-
cent of them contained worms. In
1898 ! had not nearly 20 many ap-
pies but Is many worms. In 1899 l
thought | would see II something
could not be done more than l had
done to destroy the pest. Here 10
my experience: l sprayed with paris
green, one pound to 200 gallons Of
water, first time May 3lst to June
3rd. or just ~ soon ~ the blossoms
had fallen; second time June 18th to
18th; third time. June 24th to 9th.
l put bands and sacks on the trees
the FIRST week in June, with sacks in
the crotchss. found the first worm
in an apple June 18th. l took the
bands off the tres the hrst time July
4th to 9Th. caught 200 worms from
75o trees. and boiled the sacks.
THE second time took Cd the
bands July 18th 10 18th, caught from
bands 997 worms and the same num-
Der from ths sacks in the crotches.
The third time / took of the bands
and sacks, August 2nd and Bird, /
caught TAT worms. The fourth time
! took oif the bands, Augsst 18th to
l4th. caught 2l3 worms and boiled
the sacks from the crotchss the same
dates. Tho fifth time took Of the
bands and sacks August 22nd TO Path
and caught COZ worms. The sixth
time took the bands on, September
4th 10 9Th. caught 2225 worms from
the bands and only found two in the
crysalis state, so am satisfied that
they do not turn to millers after this
date. The last week in September ]
took the bands of and found 2,3i5
worms, but did not take the sacks
from the crotches until the last week
in October. Then / took She sacks
and bands of for the last time, scald-
cd them and put them away for next
season. Every time I took the sacks
off scalded them.
Il an well satishsd with my exper-
ience the past year, for am sure
ninety per cent Of my apples are free
from worms, while in 1897 and 1895
it was the reverse. l feel confident
that il all fruit growers would work
systematically together We could keep
this awful peat from destroying 90
much Of our fruit. To those who ara
just commencing TO raise fruit l would
say, you cannot BE- too careful with
apple boxes and barrels. l have
bought boxes Of pears fron Califor-
MIA and found worms In them. As
soon as the frost il cut Of the ground
scrape al the old bark OF and give
the trees . good wash with lys and
water. using one pound Of lye to six
gallons Of water. This will kill many
worms.
In the early spring just before the
buds burst, millions Of leaf rollers
may be destroyed by mashing the
patches Of eggs that are all around
the body and limbs Of the shrubs and
trees. In the early summer just Is
the millers commence to fly, millions
more may be caught by putting pans
in the orchard with some cider vine
gar and water, half and half. Dur.
ing the warm nights the millers may
be caught thus stopping them from
laying eggs for next year. II this
plan is persistently followed out Il