374 REMEDIES. 



above the liquid is of a larger size than a silver three cent 

 piece, or ring No. 2, Fig. 375, reduce with water to that gauge ; 

 then add one quart of water for ever}' three quarts of lye ; 

 apply to trees when dormant. (This equals No. 12). 



REMEDY NO. 13. 



One pound of caustic soda (Eng. brand) and four ounces of 

 common potash. (8ee note No. 12.) 



See Remedy No. 2, directions for preparing solutions, and 

 No. 123. 



REMEDY NO. 14. 

 [Remedy for cottony grape scale. No. 14 should be No. 11.] 



Where tiie caterpillars infesting trees or vines are large (two 

 and a half inches in length and upwards) and do not live in 

 colonies, they can readily be destroyed by cutting in two with 

 a pair of scissors. This is preferable to hand-picking. 



See Remedy No. 100 and No. 101. 



REMEDY NO. 15. 



All parings and other debris made l>y preparing apples, 

 pears, etc., for drying, should be scalded or burned so as to 

 destroy the larvre they contain. 



See Remedy No. 16. 



REMEDY NO. 16. 



Early in Winter, destroy by l)urning or scalding, all peach 

 pits, apricot pits, etc.. also the pearings, etc., left from drying 

 fruit that has accumulated around the orchard and store- 

 houses, as the larva> hibernate in such material. 



See Remedv No. 15. 



