. Report of the entomologist and botanist (James Fletcher, , F. ), 1894 [microform]. Insect pests; Insectes nuisibles. REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 196 lumbers, and then and may generally ible conditions for be Army Worm is ather giving tliem n special habitat, have an abundant 1 is merely moving ure. When, liow- ) some other place .nother by plough- 3 to have tlie edge ging. Along the caterpillars come fter a few trials, by covering them uggests, '< with a swer this purpose ling. If a log is )llected there are s, the trench will I. In case any of s on the opposite â


. Report of the entomologist and botanist (James Fletcher, , F. ), 1894 [microform]. Insect pests; Insectes nuisibles. REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 196 lumbers, and then and may generally ible conditions for be Army Worm is ather giving tliem n special habitat, have an abundant 1 is merely moving ure. When, liow- ) some other place .nother by plough- 3 to have tlie edge ging. Along the caterpillars come fter a few trials, by covering them uggests, '< with a swer this purpose ling. If a log is )llected there are s, the trench will I. In case any of s on the opposite â¢e of Paris green r, or mixed with may be done by any of the young ivourite place for my Worm, is the i's two years run- âºâ¢ariably attended e of two "Army I kindly supplied M-n Ontario and a Juebec and Nova lly good quality, rot nor curculio ave been advan- ly from rot and ere; raspberries ained during the . also on account Ontario by late ', soft on account II fruits yielded. Fig. 4.âThe Codling Moth. The Codling Moth (Carpocapsa pomonella, L. Pig. 4) was last season a cause of great loss in all parts of Canada where this insect occurs. A great many letters have been received not only concerning its depredations, but testifying to the great value of spraying with the arsenites. The experience of the past enables us to state posi- tively that Paris green in the proportion of one pound to 200 gallons of water, to which one pound of lime has been add ad, sprayed over the apple trees by means of spraying pump and nozzle, at the time the eggs are laid, is the best, cheapest and most effective remedy for this insect. Careful observations made during the last ten years convince me that in this part of Canada there is only one regular brood of this insect in the year. This is, I believe, the case as far west "â s Toronto. In the fruit-growing districts of \\ estern Ontario there are two broods. Prof. Saunders tells me that about London Ont., during his long experie


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