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and upon following some of them, they proved to be continued within 

 the fruit in irregular channels. They may have been caused by the 

 burrowing of small larvae, but no evidences of this were discovered. 

 After the above slight examination the two halves of the apple were 

 placed together to await other examinations, which, however, were not 

 made. 



It is not probable that either of the above larvae were the cause of 

 the injury to the fruit of which inquiry was made. 



REMEDIES AND PREVENTIVES. 



Coal Ashes for the Currant Worm. 



From the New York Agricultural Experiment Station the following 

 experiment of mulching currant bushes with coal-ashes is reported: 



A plat of bushes mulched with this material in the spring, on which 

 no insecticide application had been made, suffered less from the currant 

 worm than an unmulched plat that had been several times treated with 

 hellebore. 



As the larva of the currant saw-fly transforms to the pupa but slightly 

 buried beneath the surface of the ground, it would not be strange if 

 the presence of the coal-ashes should prevent the development of the 

 perfect insect, through either its chemical effect upon the delicate pupa 

 or a mechanical action upon the larva in its burrowing into the soil. 



A Carbolic Wash for the Peach-tree Borer. 

 A wash prepared from the carbolic soap of Buchan & Co. (Messrs, 

 Kidder & Laird, 83 John street. New York, agents), appears, from the 

 testimony given in its favor, to be an effectual preventive of the attack 

 of the peach-tree borer, Algeria exitiosa. It is prepared as follows: A 

 five-pound can of the soap known as the " Carbolic Plant Protector," to 

 be ordered of the agents if not purchasable at the city drug stores, is 

 to be emptied into a barrel (when a large number of trees are to be 

 treated), upon which two or three pailfuls of hot soft water are to be 

 poured. Let it stand for twelve hours or more to dissolve. When it is 

 to be used, fill the barrel with cold soft water — making about thirty 

 gallons of the wash, which will be sufficient for about three thousand 

 trees of the ordinary size. 



