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Show I APPLE MAGGOT IS HARMFUL Insect Also Known by Name of Railroad Rail-road Worm Burrows Irregular Channels Through the Fruit. In addition to being called the apple ap-ple maggot, the insect is also commonly com-monly known as the railroad worm because be-cause of the long, winding, brownish channels made by the larvae or maggots mag-gots in the fruit. The adult insects are flies. They appear in June and deposit de-posit eggs just under the skin of the fruit. These eggs hatch into maggots that burrow irregular channels through the fruit. Moderately infested infest-ed fruit becomes rough and uneven, due to the "stings" of egg punctures of the . fly. Badly infested fruit falls early and the maggots enter the soil, where they remain until the following w Adult Appie Maggot spring. While many varieties of apples are subject to attack, the injuries are more pronounced to certain sorts that mature in the summer and fall. Remedies. It has long been noticed that commercial orchards that are cultivated cul-tivated and thoroughly sprayed are as a rule free from injury by the maggot. mag-got. Neglected orchards, particularly of summer and fall varieties of apples, are susceptible to losses every year. This is especially true in localities where little attention is given to fruitgrowing. fruit-growing. In this lies a hint that thorough spraying and cultivation of orchards each year as practiced by our most successful growers are, perhaps, per-haps, the most satisfactory means of avoiding injury by this pest. The only remedy that experience has shown to be effective in reducing the Injury on badly infested varieties is the destruction of windfalls, which is ordinarily accomplished by pastur- 1 Jnt J Work of Apple Maggot. ing the orchard with hogs or sheep. Recently the use of poisoned bait has been recommended for the destruction of the fly. The method employed is to syringe the lower branches with a mixture of molasses one pint, arsenate of lead three ounces and water four gallons. ' |