Show time to spray instructions as to how bow to guard against the destructive ravages of the codling moth and other insect deleterious to fruit are given in a bulletin just issued by J 0 stay a county horticultural inspector the bulletin is as follows would advise putting the cover spray on the apples and pears immediately and not being liter later than the middle of this week in finishing the spray should be pub put on so as to cover the fruit as well as the foliage with a fine mist spray in the solution for this spray use the arsenate of lead at the rate of two gallons to forty gallons of water thoroughly mixing the arsenate of lead in a small quantity of water before pouring into the bariel ban el keeping well agitated after pouring in the solution so as to get an even strength on all trees and parts sprayed the codling moth is now busy laying its eggs some of the eggs being advanced as far as six days and will be hatching into larvae during next week do not let them penetrate the fruit as when they are once inside it impossible to reach them by spraying it then becomes necessary to pick the fruit and destroy the same in order to get rid of the larvae if let remain it will become a full grown larvae and unless caught under the bandi that are placed on your trees would change into a moth once more and lay a number of eggs that would macd your fight harder later in the season if ou are troubled with any aphis it would be well to add three quarts of black leaf sheep dip and stir in the above mentioned solution signed J 0 C stay horticultural inspector salt lake county utah |