Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1907 — The Codling Moth In Illinois. [ARTICLE]

The Codling Moth In Illinois.

While spraving for the first brood of the tice among Illinois apple growers, very few have as yet attempted to control the second brood by spraying, aud serious damage often results from the work of this late brood even in orchards which have been sprayed for the first brood. In central Illinois the first worms of the second brood enter the apples about July 20, and most of the codling moth injuries apparent upon winter apples at picking time are due to the work of this brood. A serious attack of the second brood is most disheartening to the grower, for the injury Is done after the apples have attained considerable size aud even commenced to color, so that after the crop Is apparently made a large percentage of it may be ruined by the worms.