. Bulletin. Insects; Insect pests; Entomology; Insects; Insect pests; Entomology. DEMONSTRATTOX 'IXG FOR THE C'! MOTH. 71 one man to cover tlie tops of the trees com])letcly and direct the spray downward. Results.—The following ta))les show the coni])arative results from sprayed and unsprayed trees: Table I.—Comparison of sound and wormy fruit from 5 sprayed and 5 unsprayed trees, Winesap variety, McHenry orchard, Afton, Va., 1907. Date of spraying and tree nurriber. Sprayed Apr. 30, Mav 21,"June 24. .iulv 10, .Tulv 25, Au^. 12. Tree 1 , Tree 2 Tree 3 Tree 4 Tree o Windfalls.
. Bulletin. Insects; Insect pests; Entomology; Insects; Insect pests; Entomology. DEMONSTRATTOX 'IXG FOR THE C'! MOTH. 71 one man to cover tlie tops of the trees com])letcly and direct the spray downward. Results.—The following ta))les show the coni])arative results from sprayed and unsprayed trees: Table I.—Comparison of sound and wormy fruit from 5 sprayed and 5 unsprayed trees, Winesap variety, McHenry orchard, Afton, Va., 1907. Date of spraying and tree nurriber. Sprayed Apr. 30, Mav 21,"June 24. .iulv 10, .Tulv 25, Au^. 12. Tree 1 , Tree 2 Tree 3 Tree 4 Tree o Windfalls. I'ruit from tree. Total crop. Bushels.' 12. 75 iVo. 37 26 42 43 56 Trees 1 to 5 com- bined Unspraved: Check A. Check B. Check C. Check D. Check E. 5. .50 A, B, C, D, E, combined 715 1, 455 532 660 No. 168 180 126 172 180 No. 205 206 168 215 236 No. 217 165 97 36 87 No. No. 4,008 4,225 2,507 2,732 2,631 2,728 1,070 1,700 2,155 2,242 826 , 1,030 602 ,13,031 ! 13,633 54 115 53 85 62 760 531 1,370 521 508 419 617 307 722 475 318 291 309 196 201 849 812 728 503 676 3,617 3,986 2,253 1,315 3,568. Table I shows an average of per cent of fruit not wormy from the sprayed trees against per cent of fruit not wormj^ from the unsprayed trees. This is a saving of per cent of the crop in favor of sprayed trees. Table II. — Comparison of sound and wormy fruit from 5 sprayed and 5 unsprayed trees, Newtoun (Albemarle) Pippin variety, McHenry Orchard, Afton, Va., 1907. Total, crop. Windfalls. Fruit from tree. 0 c == No. 3,436 2,(i07 3,794 *-*i Date of spraying and tree nmribpr. Wormy. Not worm J'. d Wormy. Not wormy. a, E b c Sprayed Apr. 30, May 21, June 24, .Iulv 10", .Iulv 25. Aug. 12: Tree 1 Bushtls. 1 No. No. 28 392 53 473 No. 420 526 489 732 No. No. No. 49 3,044 31 2,355 2,380 114 2,100 2,274 164 3,186 3,350 192 2,653 2
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