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give it body and tenacity. Experience so far indicates that the applica- 

 tion will prove at least partially successful. 



May 29th, some of the early varieties of peaches were jarred for curculio, 

 but few were caught, and after a few trials the process was mainly confined 

 to the plums, upon which the attacks were much more persistent. 



The Rose Chafer, Macrodactylus subspinosus, which in past years has 

 been abundant, has, during the past season, been represented by a very few 

 specimens only, which have been caught in jarring for curculios. 



We repeat the suggestion of last year that, as a safeguard against error, 

 a new or unknown variety when sent for trial or identification, should inva- 

 riably be accompanied by a careful description of both tree (or plant), and 

 fruit, and that the intended name should accompany it, to the exclusion of 

 numbers or of names with numbers attached, the subsequent changing of 

 which is found to be a fruitful source of error, and of the multiplication of 

 vexatious synonyms. Such names, moreover, should be in accordance with 

 the Rules of American Pomology, and with the practice of the National 

 Division of Pomology. 



