. California country journal. Agriculture -- California. Enteral at Palo Alto Post Office as SecomiClass Mail PALO ALTO PLIIiLISHIINti COMPANY. PALO ALK) and SAM JOSE Volume \1\. ;i':u 47. l'"F,j:Kl'AKy, I'.iO:!. , â ")<) Cknts a Vi;,\i:. THE HORTICULTURIST The Codlin Moth and Other items Prof. Woodvvorth and I'rof. Clarke, UiitomologisLs of llie State University, have been visitinj; the country around Watsonville, and arranji;ing to establish stations for the purpose of making a thorough study of the codlin moth in the apple orchards there during the comin
. California country journal. Agriculture -- California. Enteral at Palo Alto Post Office as SecomiClass Mail PALO ALTO PLIIiLISHIINti COMPANY. PALO ALK) and SAM JOSE Volume \1\. ;i':u 47. l'"F,j:Kl'AKy, I'.iO:!. , â ")<) Cknts a Vi;,\i:. THE HORTICULTURIST The Codlin Moth and Other items Prof. Woodvvorth and I'rof. Clarke, UiitomologisLs of llie State University, have been visitinj; the country around Watsonville, and arranji;ing to establish stations for the purpose of making a thorough study of the codlin moth in the apple orchards there during the coming summer. In the interests of the suffering apple growers, it is to be hoped that Prof. Woodvvorth's investigations may result in some relief for them from this pest, the worst of all the fruit pests against which we now have to contend. We believe it is the Professor's in- tention to make experiments look- ing to better means of combatting the moth in some of its earlier stages, at which time it is within reach. The life history of the cod- lin moth has been thoroughly studied and recorded, so that there remains little to be done in this direction, but our method of fighting the pest is still cumbersome and un- satisfactory, and there is a broad field for investigation. The great difiiculty in fighting the codlin moth is that it must be reached in the short period of its life which elapses between the hatching of the egg and the time it burrows beneath the surface of the apple, as it is only during this period that is with- in reach. As soon as the little moth larva is hatched it begins to eat its way into the center of the frviit, and in a very short time bur- rows beneath the surface and is out of reach of any of our present poi- sons. If when it is hatched it finds a fresh supply of poison coating the fruit, it absorbs some of this, and at once retires from active service. This renders necessary frequtnt sprayings, and entails heavy ex- pense upon the orchardist. Tkkk AND
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