. Annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture ... Agriculture -- New York (State). The Peach-Trek Borer. 219 plete protection for young trees from the attacks of the peach-tree borer. A cyHnder of wire netting fifteen inches high, mounted or a galvanized metal base, gathered in at the top so as to adjust itself closely to the tree, opens at one side for passing it around the trunk, and is then secured and fastened to the ground, and slightly into it, by a sliding pin. With this protection, the moth would be eii'ectu- ally prevented from depositing an egg upon or near the base of the tree.
. Annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture ... Agriculture -- New York (State). The Peach-Trek Borer. 219 plete protection for young trees from the attacks of the peach-tree borer. A cyHnder of wire netting fifteen inches high, mounted or a galvanized metal base, gathered in at the top so as to adjust itself closely to the tree, opens at one side for passing it around the trunk, and is then secured and fastened to the ground, and slightly into it, by a sliding pin. With this protection, the moth would be eii'ectu- ally prevented from depositing an egg upon or near the base of the tree. The cylinders could be quickly applied, and with proper care in housing them, they would last for many years. It is thought that they can be offered for sale at about twelve dollars the ; Dr. Lintner wrote us in 1894 that he had no rec- ord of the name of the person who showed him this wire device. Al- though it was at once pointed out by Snyder (1891) that this device was too expensive for extensive use, the idea seemed so good theoretically that most of those who have recently discussed this insect have given such a device a prominent place in their recommendations. But ajiparently no records of actual tests of the device appeared until 1898 (Smith). Smith wrapped pieces of ordinary wire mos- quito netting, 12 by 18 inches in size, around the trees, letting it run about two inches below ground, and keep- ing it about half an inch away from the trunk by a band of newspaper at the top which filled the space between the wire and the tree; he found it to cost about five cents each for sixty young trees. His results were far from conclusive but seemed encouraging. We thoroughly tested these wire cages in 1891 and 1895, The netting was cut into pieces 14 by 16 inches in size, and the first year. ^ , _ ?% 55.— Viirc-cagu pfutcctur iii posi- tion on a peach tree in the experi- mental orchard. Theoretically a perfect protector, but practi- cally a useless Plea
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