. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. 18 SPRAYING THE APPLE Fig. 4.—Typical work of the apple maggot. tacked by it often do not betray its presence until they are opened, when it is found that the flesh is honej'combed with the brownish tunnels of the small white maggots, or "railroaded," as commonly termed. In many orchards the apple maggot has l)e- come so serious that it is almost impossible to secure a crop of summer or early fall apples. ])ut rarely does it do serious injury to Avinter sorts. The codling moth, whose larva or caterpillar is our common, old "app
. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. 18 SPRAYING THE APPLE Fig. 4.—Typical work of the apple maggot. tacked by it often do not betray its presence until they are opened, when it is found that the flesh is honej'combed with the brownish tunnels of the small white maggots, or "railroaded," as commonly termed. In many orchards the apple maggot has l)e- come so serious that it is almost impossible to secure a crop of summer or early fall apples. ])ut rarely does it do serious injury to Avinter sorts. The codling moth, whose larva or caterpillar is our common, old "apple worm," is therefore the chief enemy of the apple crop. Just how much damage it does is not generally appreciated, we fear, but the records below will make this more apparent. But if this old pest is worth fighting had we not better secure a more intimate acquaintance with it, so that we may better combat it, and, perhaps incidentally, we may find that it has a most interesting career. How the Winter is Passed.—Did you ever find out just what that little downy woodpecker is doing in your or- chard, tapping away all win- ter? If not, it is high time you did, for he is the arch enemy of the codling moth and were it not for his good offices in destroying the larva.' in the winter your ap- ple crop might frequently be a failure. Pick olT Ihc piece of bark at which he has been picking and you will doubtless find that a clean. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station. [Hanover, N. H. ] : New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station
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