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which by feeding on the heart of the bud or blof- 

 fom, foon occafioned it to drop, contract, and clofe 

 itfelf into the form of a cup, of a brown red colour, 

 refembling that of a dry dock-leaf, (unlefs this was 

 originally caufed by the bite of the fly, when fhe de- 

 pofited her egg there) fo as to afford a fafe nidus for 

 the young infect, and fufficient nourifhment to fup- 

 port it, until full grown in that (late, and needing 

 no longer protection there; when it decamps, and 

 the bloflbm being deftroyed, at laft falls off — where- 

 by a plentiful bloflbming is likely this year to pro- 

 duce (as is often the cafe) a fcanty bearing. 



I have within a few weeks paft opened fome 

 fcores of thofe fhrivelled blofibms, and fcarce ever 

 failed of finding a maggot infect (fome much larger 

 than others) fafely inclofed within its natural neft ; 

 though in fome inftances I found it had decamped, 

 after having exhaufted its nutriment, and the de- 

 cayed bloflbm was ready to fall off with the flighted 

 touch. 



Having thus given you a plain concife account 

 of the evil, permit me, Sir, to point out what I 

 conceive will be an effectual remedy, or rather pre- 

 ventive; and will likewife contribute to the fertility 

 of the foil, the profperity of the trees, the future 

 produce of apples, and the goodnefs of the pafture. 



When 



