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pear in great numbers, from July to the close of the season, " on the 

 crowns and between the bases of the roots, at and just beneath the 

 surface of the earth." The remedies appear to be rotation, and the 

 disinfecting of plants taken from lousy plantations, by dipping the 

 roots and crowns of the plants in kerosene emulsion. 



WASH FOR APPLE-TREE BARK-LICE AND BORERS. 



Mr. J. L. Bowers, in Insect Life, says : " I find the most effectual 

 wash for bark-lice on apple and pear trees and borers in apple and 

 peach trees to be the following recipe : Five pounds of potash and 

 five pounds of lard dissolved in five gallons of boiling water ; one peck 

 of good stone-lime slaked in five gallons of boiling water, while hot, 

 mixed with potash and lard. The above mixture can be kept in an old 

 tub or barrel for any length of time. To use, add to each gallon two 

 gallons of boiling water, and while hot apply to trunk and large limbs 

 with an old broom. If this mixture is applied to trees while young 

 and used year after year, the bark of the trees will be kept as smooth 

 as glass, and all bark-lice and borers destroyed." 



PRESERVING FRUIT FOR EXHIBIT. 



Liverpool salt is dissolved in clear water until the brine is strong 

 enough to float the fruit. Let this stand over night, and then strain 

 through a cloth until the liquid is perfectly clear. Place the fruit to 

 be preserved in thoroughly clean wide-mouthed jars ; fill to the brim 

 with the brine and then close tightly. While this method for a long- 

 time perfectly preserves the bloom and color of the fruit, it, of course, 

 unfits it for eating. Twigs with the fruit and foliage attached, when 

 preserved in this way, are exceedingly attractive for exhibition pur- 

 poses. — Pacific Rural Express. 



The time is approaching when the festive rabbit will be after the 

 tender trees. To head him off, smear the trees with a wash made as 

 follows : Quarter bushel of lime, one-half pound of copperas and one- 

 half pound of glue; add the glue and copperas dissolved, to the lime. 

 after slaking, and apply now with a brush. 



