THE CODLIN MOTH AND AMERICAN SCALE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4342, 11 February 1893, Page 3

THE CODLIN MOTH AND AMERICAN SCALE.

How to Cure It

Of all pests tho codlin moth has becomotho worst oneiny to ordiardists in the Wairarapa, In many gardens the applo crop is simply worthless and the revenuo of many settlers thereby considerably curtailed. We tire pleasrd to bo able to give somo particulars ol a simple and effectivo manner of dealing with both tho codlin moth and scale pests, Mr Holdaway, of this town, wliojsun enthusiast in fruit culture, kK intends to establish an extensWorchard on his Ballance property, has for somo timo pant made a study of dealing with tho pests named. _ Together with his own observations and applying the methods of other fruit growers he lias succeeded in getting his trees cleaned and this season his fruit looks remarkably well. At the same timo Mr Jloldaway does not. intend to hide his light under the proverbial bushel, but is anxious 10 give tho public the benefit of his Itnowlcdgo and the use of the compositions lie uses for dealing with the enemy of the npple trees. This last spring lie has taken the trouble to preparation to tho trees of residents hero, all of «hom speak very highly of the tesults obtained—in fact one gentleman (Mr Owen) says that tiiis season lie lias 75 per cent of his fruit sound and good, while last year scarcely twenty per cent was free from the moth. Mr Holdaway finds that the moth is about in the first week in December, and lays tho egg --not in tho (lower—but on the sunny side of tho apple, from whence the grub eats its way into

tho fruit, and that this is the proper timo to apply the mixture. This year ho has found,that a second flight of moths has appeared about ten days ago, and a few of Lis apples aro consequently affected as he did Dot anticipate that they would appear at this time, and his application of

the compound was made two months ego, but on tho whole very little da.nl-

ugo is done. .For the Scale, llio mixture used is six pounds of lime, four pounds ol sulphur, boiled for one hour in five gallons of water, This is then reduced to eighty gnlions, or one in sixteen. The time to apply the liijuid for Scale is between tho first and twentieth of November, mid should be done with an ordinary syringe on a dry day when the young scale is found to be on the move. The same mixture used lor the Codlin Moth, with the addition of a small teaspoonful of' Paris green to every four callous of the reduced liquid. This is applied about the first week in December, tho grower, of course, taking particular note when the moth is about, and he may repeat the appli cation should ho find it necessary, The mixture should not be used a second time till several days have elapsed, otherwise the foliage may be injured by tho Paris green. This compound is found to form a thin film on the fruit and will either kill the egg if laid on the fruit or prevent it taking hold if dropped after the application, at the same tiuio doing no injury to the fruit. It should also be applied on a dry day, otherwise it is apt to bo washed olf and no good will result,

Mr Holdaway says the new cyclono nozzle is not suitable for his mixture, and uses the ordinary garden syringe because bo finds that he would lose tbo best part of tho liquid with the finer Bpiay of the cyclone, If orchards in any locality were all treated in this manner, tbero is every likelihood that in a short time these pests would almost entirely disappear.