The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-03-01

of his report 1t is not yet IN print,
Int am assured by President Bryan,
If our state agricultural college, that
II will be brought out as a bulletin.
# is a regular thesaurus of informa-
tion on the codling moth and is based
not on conjecture but on actual OBJ
servation in the orchards. Touching
tbe time when and the place where
the cooling moth lays it's eggs the fol
lowing is taken from this valuable re-
mort: "The first egg was found on
MAY 18, or about a week after the bios
SONS had fallen from the apple trees.
II was laid by one of the females that
emerged May IL. No other eggs could
be found till May 25; but from then
Oh until June 25 they were plentiful.
The first egg found, that laid May IS,
did not hatch till May &c. Of 16 eggs
laid on May %, three Matched June
End, four June 3rd, and nine June 4th.
Thus one egg required II days to
hatch, nine required 10 days, four, 9
days, and three required 8 days, the
average time of incubation being nine
and one-half days. This is longer by
two or three days than the time re-
quired for incubation later in the sea-
son. The first eggs of the season
were IOuuu W NC ldlu dluOSC 0uClI0ly
on the upper surfaces of the leaves,
near a cluster of apples. The major
ity of the eggs are laid on the leaves
until the apples become the size of
Walnuts or larger, after which more
eggs are found on the apples them
selves. The last eggs of the first
brood and those of the second brood
are laid almost entirely on the apples,
oil hn
found on the leaves. When the eggs
are laid on the leaves, they are al
most always found within few inches
of cluster of apples. Should they be
further off, the chances are that the
young worms would never find their
way to the apple before falling victims
to some enemy or being dried up by
the hot sunshine. No attempt seems
to be made to conceal the eggs, but
on the contrary they more often are
found on the upper surfaces of the
leaves and the exposed sides of the
apples than elsewhere"
The foregoing extract from Mr..
Jennes report puts to rest the state
ment that the worms hatch in the ap-
pies and that other foolish idea that
a seedless apple will be worthless be-
cause there are no flowers to attract
the moths There are no moths ready
to lay eggs at the time apples are in
bloom. At that time the winter lar
vac are tucked up in their winter
quarters and many of them do not
emerge for a month after. If Mr..
Spencer and those connected with him
in exploiting this apple are claiming
that the apple is worthless because
it is bloomless, then they are pro-
claiming their ignorance.
j. F. Littooy, county fruit inspector
of Snohomish county, writes the edi-
tor of this department that he expects
to receive some of these seedless ap-
pies before long and promises that he
will come to Seattle and let the editor
sample this much lauded apple. Very
we'll; the editor will report faithfully
on this matter.
Prof. G. M. Higgins, of Boise, Idaho,
is a valued correspondent. He is an
educated man and formerly filled the
position of superintendent of the city
schools of Boise for number of years.
He has large apple orchard in the
Boise valley and is making thorough
of Of hn nIInctiOnc that