Show SEW NEW FRUIT PEST the grand junction colo sentinel has baa a statement a new fruit pest peat which has baa appeared in the grand valley in southwestern col rado and along the fruit section in southeastern utah it I 1 is stated that bat this foe to the fruit interest new at ai least to 90 this locality feece on the leal leaf buis si sid aid d young twice of peace and plum trees especially attacking them mo moss ravenously jim its first appearance in the me locality jamea was wall in the he sum gum berof madr of 1896 1898 when but low lew of the insects were een tola this year however A it is asserted that they exist in great ate are multiplying rapidly and promise to iti inflict filat a erious injury to the fruit they are met and promptly repel leJ A V sharpe thus tells tella of his bia investigations with the he ol 01 this small and active worm on the day of may I 1 trapped some of the ahe larew of this mot moth and in some five to 10 eight days I 1 had the then about june ath the second transformation came in the shape of a small but very active moth this moth is of a dary gray color slightly bronz bronzed edl about five ave sixteenths of an inch long and half an inch wide when wings are extended carries an arched nook neck and a very pointed head it is in of nocturnal habit babit and now ready to 10 puts put a second brood on the way and this brood of larvae is pure fure to attack the fruit of the peach and the plum I 1 anticipate that this thin drood of larvae will have commenced to hatch by july 1 ussa ulan nas has suffered very severely from fruit posts pets irom eme years past so much sat sabbat so that bat in some years the fruit crop me has been almost a complete tai fal qt rod to have hav another pest peat appear aa this ilila timp when the fruit industry L I 1 just juet getting another start would be most moot unfortunate it is hoped the western colorado enemy referred to lo will disappear without becoming at all formidable but if it is really started starred as ao claimed then the most care ful fal precautions precaution should be taken to stuard its introduction and development further west it to ie claimer now that timely spraying with paris green at a strength of one pound to one hundred and sixty gallons of water will destroy the insect trio the attention of the state board of horticulture should be kept on this new fruit pest peat at least beast till it la is ascertained there to Is no fear of trouble from it either in the fruit orchards oi 01 grand aud and san ban juan counties utah or elsewhere in the stalk |