The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-02-08
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FRUIT INSECTS
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Read before Oklahoma horticultural So
clety in annual session. Guthrie, Jam
nary is. 1906
take for ms text the Coddllng Moth.
need not ten sou that the losses from
insects are Increasing every year. that
half OF the products the agriculurist
raises are paid 70 the ravages Of tho IN
zacts Vast sums have been expended
TO secure. bs. SCIENCE protection from
insects nllaois alone has paid one hun
dred million dollars "a The effort to be
rid of destructive insects. Oklahoma has
so far been fortunate IN this respect
but every year u Is more and more a
problem. even here. how to protect the
fruit interests from ravages az insects.
Insects follow civilization. The more
the means OF transportation are improv-
ed. tho more the insects are scattered
over the country. They travel by rail-
roads and steamships. and through those
means reach all parts OF the world. The
masslng together OF great crous is an
incentive for them TO come. The burn
ing Of forests drives these irsects into
cultivated districts IN an rarts OF the
country devastation Is the result. I do
not need to say. therefore fhat q be-
hooves us to DO something 30 control the
Introduction OF new insects. The San
Jose srale has been found in five differ
cnt places in OUR territory. Other states
have passed Legislation for this one In
sect alone which has amounted TO mill
lions Of dollars. New insects win con-
iinually make their appearance. The
lngricultrist knows what he must do IN
regard TO the clhhch bug and the Hes
sian Nv
Tho Coddllng Moth IS well known TO
every one. We an know what the wormv
apfie is and We know something Of the
insect which causes the wofmy apple.
Few OF us know where 1t came from, or
I how it gets into the apple or when. The
Coddllne Moth is one of the oldest in
sects in The United States. just when It
came we 90 not know but Il iSis'it is
known 70 have been found In apples IN
the eastern states.
The name ''coddiing'' does not arise
from any habit Of coddling which the
worm has but Is derived from an old
English word. "eurdlyinv.' which IN its
turn came from the word "cur" meaning
apple heiiee tnc worm which infested
the apple came 10 be called the "curd-
I JSltE titu ftAtit AHt toNHi'iH AA'N3f
or the moth from which the worm came.
The coddlng moth was first found
among apples, and it is supposed got its
name 20 that way. II is also known as
the apple worm, also rs the pear worm.
This insect was supposed to have come
from the southern part of Europe.
Wherever you find The appie you may
expect to find the coddling moth II is
carried IN the apple itself. The apples
are carried IA boxes or barrels, aud the
worm IS carried therein II is supposed
that the worm Starts in the apple and
when spring comes the moth is ready
to fv ont and infest tha orchards 10
which she has been carried. 1t IS well
known that the insect cannot ny far
and hence It IS an assured fact mat she
is transported from one field of opera
tions to another IN the fruit itself. The
first apple worms In California were car
ried to that state by means OF the apples
taken there for exhibition. In any dis
trlcts where the coddling moth IS I'M
knowA. you may rest assured that II has
simply not bcen introduced there. There
are parts Of New Mexico where It Is
said the coddling moth Is not able TO live
hut on the contrary, you may rest as
sured it has not been introduced there
II can live anywhere. The fruits In
tested by this worm are the apple. cher
~ and pear On which il is known as th'