THE CODLIN MOTH.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1358, 8 February 1912, Page 8

THE CODLIN MOTH.

A NOVEL MEAXS OP PREVENTION. A good deal has been written and talked about the codlin moth of late, writes Mr. A. Malcolmton, of the Lower Hutt, but, he adds, few have put forward or suggested any very satisfactory method of getting rid of the pest. Yet to-day, when I was visiting a friend in the Hutt, I was struck with the. strange appearance (f botties attached to fruit trees in the orchard, and, in making inquiry as to what they were for, was informed they were to catch the codlin moth, and. on one being shown me, I found it to be half full of ninths, flies, and other insects. This method of dealing with the pest is very simple, ami well worth a trial. Get as many bottles as you require like the ones one generally gets curry or chutney in, and fasten a wire round the neck, with a loop over the top, so as to form a handle; this is to fasten the bottle to the stem of the tree with. Next half-fill the bottles with a mixture made thus: One tablespoonful of treacle, one.table.spconful of vinegnr, mixed with it pint of water. This only' requires renewing once every three weeks. This method. I am assured, is highly satisfactory. This year, so far, not ona apnle in the orchard in question has been affected with thomoth, although for years past the apples have been ve.fy bad'with the pest.