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could see no such result, and found that i her eggs in the stem, and the grub finds 

 the worm would live after having been im- its way through that into the fruit. 



mersed in tobacco water so strong as to be 

 as dark as port wine. 



About two days after the egg is laid, the 

 skin above ii becomes brown, and the egg 

 maybe easily extracted with the fingernail 

 or the point of a knife. I operated in that 

 manner upon the plums on one branch of a 

 tree, and saved all of them, without appa- 

 rent injur}' to any. 



Fruit ordinarily falls about a fortnight 

 after it is stung, and the grub soon after- 

 wards makes his way into the ground, but 

 if the egg is laid after the stone has become 

 hard, the fruit does not often drop, and the 

 tenant retains possession, causing the de- 

 cay of the side where he is at work. In 

 all cases, the fallen fruit should be destroy- 

 ed as soon as possible. When Morello 

 cherries are stung after the stone has hard- 

 ened, the skin and pulp on that side dry, 

 and crush the worm. I examined a great 

 number, and found that not one had es- 

 caped. This is not the case with other 

 cherries, as abundant experience Avhile eat- 

 ing them has proved. Generally these in- 

 sects appear to know when the stones be- 

 come hard, and the fruit unfit receptacles 

 for their eggs ; they then desert such trees 

 and seek others, attacking the Peach last. 

 The young Peach having a peculiarly 



The beetle, when it falls upon the sheet 

 beneath the tree, rarely attempts to Hy, pre- 

 ferring to use the legs rather than the 

 wings, yet it navigates in search of fruit, 

 and often makes its appearance upon fruit 

 trees, distant from others, and stings all the 

 fruit the first year any is produced. An 

 observing horticulturist, near this city, who 

 is indefatigable in his war upon all' insects, 

 and whose fruit yard is nearly a mile dis- 

 tant from any other, informs me that he 

 finds the Curculio more numerous in his 

 grounds, and especially upon the westerly 

 trees, immediately after a west wind. 

 Across the river opposite him, and extend- 

 ing west for many miles, is a road well set- 

 tled, abounding with fruit, and especially 

 with Plum trees. From that source must 

 come these insects, assisted in their flight 

 by the prevailing winds. That they do not 

 fly very high above the ground, is proved 

 by building tight board fences ten or fifteen 

 feet high around single trees or fruit yards ; 

 those trees within will not be visited, while 

 those without will sometimes be entirely 

 stripped. I have heard this summer of 

 several persons who had tried this plan with 

 entire success; yet there is no doubt that the 

 cheapest and most effectual way is to shake 

 them off, a troublesome operation, but one 



wooly covering, the Curculio often lays | that pays well in the end. J. W. B. 



Remarks on Transplanting Fruit Trees in the Spring and Autumn. 

 By S. G. PERKINS, Esq., BOSTON, MAS.S. 



First prepare the ground where they are 

 to be put, so that water will not remain on 

 or near the roots. Examine the roots of 

 the tree before planting, and cut out all rot- 

 ten or defective roots, and cut in (shorten) 



all that are bruised or otherwise injured, to 

 sound wood above the wound. Be careful 

 not to plant too deep, as this may be fatal 

 to your tree. 



If the tree does not put out shoots in the 



