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but rather the reverse on both points. After transplanting an 

 orchard, keep a sharp look-out for borers, which -will be found 

 to enter the smooth and green bark, not unfrequently where the 

 branches fork, but more generally near the earth's surface. 

 The larva? that has found a lodgment in the branches, will, in 

 almost every case, be found and devoured by the woodpeckers 

 between the months of October and April, while many of those 

 which enter near the ground will escape the harpoon of those 

 sensorial birds. Hence the necessity of examining often all the 

 young trees where this pest does prevail. 



We have learned that the mother beetles will not deposit 

 their eggs upon a coat of lime whitewash, and, as the wash 

 works no mischief, we do not hesitate to recommend the appli- 

 cation of a good coat early in the month of June — first scraping 

 the earth away from the stool and cleaning off the rags, or 

 rough bark, that the wash may thoroughly cover the bark from 

 the surface up the trunk, eight to twelve inches. In operating 

 in that way we have found that where spots were left uncovered, 

 the little pests would find the way in. After the wash is applied, 

 let the soil be replaced, or the roots will be attacked, which is 

 seriously objectionable. 



All insects or larva), which prey upon the foliage should be 

 guarded against, that the leaves may be abundant and healthy. 



Forcing, high culture, recommended by some may be the 

 wiser course to pursue in many localities and with some varie- 

 ties of apples ; but truly, if that course should be adopted 

 wherever apples are grown throughout New England, there 

 would be a great failure forthwith of some of the less hardy 

 sorts, in many places. 



The Ladies' Sweet, Baldwin, the latter the leading winter 

 apple in this region, not unfrequently freezes to death when 

 kept growing late in the season. The more safe and more 

 economical method of treatment for that tree, is to give a 

 suitable location, avoiding sandy soils and frosty hollows, 

 bestowing that amount of attention and dressing which will 

 give a fair growth early in the season, allowing the wood time 

 to ripen up before winter approaches. Treated thus, the hope 

 of harvesting many crops from the 9ame tree may be safely 

 indulged. 



