CODLIN MOTH

Taranaki Daily News, 8 March 1916, Page 7

CODLIN MOTH

A NEW REMEDY Mr. C. W r . Adams writes to the Wellington Post to say that the statement that "spraying with arsenate of lead is the only effective remedy for the moti yet introduced," is a delusion, as a much better plan is to hang up a small pickle bottle to each apple tree, with a mixture in it to trap and kill the codlin moths. "To prove this, I will give you my experience. In 1900 I planted a small orchard at my residence in Bellevue Toad, Lower Hutt. The codlin moths did not find out my orchard till 1.011, and in the autumn of 1912 I lost fully half my crop' ot" apples by the codlin moth. I was then given the following recipe by ft lady friend: Dissolve a large tablespoonful of treacle in a quart of hot water, and three-quarters of a tablespoonful of ordinary vinegar thereto, and fill each pickle bottle one-third full of the mixture. The next season, 1913, I don't think I lost three per cent, of my crop, and last season, 1915, I did not lose one per cent. This season I believe I shall probably lose a little more than one per cent., as, not being in good health, I have not replenished the bottles as often as required, the bottles, in many cases, being filled with a solid mass of insects. I liave never sprayed against codlin moth, as it seemed to me such a hopeless job. The instructions are: Commence spraying as soon as the fruit has set, and continue at intervals of 15 to 17 days until three weeks before the fruit is gathered. That id from October or November till March! If there were no other method than this, I should give up growing apples altogether."