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but the injury is done before it is in this way difcoe 
vered, and what is done cannot be prevented; and 
Lam certain, there is not any thing in nature that 
can be a remedy for this injury. I know fmoke 
would be beneficial, provided the work be done in 
proper time. Whenever the bloffoming feafon is 
warm and dry, a plenty of thefe vifitants may be ex- 
pected among the trees, and if any man would try 
the benefit of fmoke, the fame fhould be done be- 
fore the bloflom has fwollen to any largenefs, or 
at the furtheft, before it has opened; for it fhould be 
done before the fly has laid its eggs, or before the 
worm has entered the blofloms; for, I believe, they 
are not eafily removed afterwards, as this affords 
them a very comfortable habitation, fo as to fecure 
them from almoft every annoyance; but fuppofe 
they are to be removed, the injury they do by 
feeding for two or three days is fuch, that the fruit 
cannot fet afterwards. 
I have often thought that fomething might be 
added to what is commonly ufed in burning, to 
make the fmoke the more noxious; many things 
might be mentioned, fuch as fulphur, tobacco, &c. 
but this would be thought by fome to be attended 
with more expence than benefit; but foot might be 
got with very little expence, and I believe would 
anfwer much if ufed plentifully. If any would try 
an experiment on thefe things, they might-make ufe 
of different means in fmoking different orchards, or 
different 
