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eventually girdle the trees and kill 

 them. 



Remedies. — When once the larvae are 

 safely lodged under the bark no remedy 

 will reach them, but the moths may be 

 prevented from laying their eggs on the 

 trees, or the eggs destroyed, by coating 

 the trees with a mixture of soap and 

 strong solution of washing soda or lye, 

 made about the consistence of ordinary 

 paint and applying it with a brush 

 from the base of the tree upwards to 

 first branches. The soap solution may 

 be made either from soft or hard soap 

 — if the latter, it should be warmed so 

 as to melt it, when it will be more 

 easily mixed with the solution of wash- 

 ing soda or lye. 



PROMPT ACTION NECESSARY. 



If this insect is to be prevented from 

 further increase this year the i-emedy 

 should be applied within a week, as 

 the moths, are now about and deposit- 

 ing their eggs. If delayed longer than 

 this many of the young larvse will prob- 

 ably have penetrated within the bark, 

 where they are secure from injury. — 

 Wm. Saunders, in the London Free 

 Press. 



EXPERIMENT WITH PEAS. 



N. Y. Agricultural ExPKfUMKNT Station. 

 Geneva, N. Y., July 14,1883. 



Our first planting of peas which in- 

 cluded sixty-eight, so-called, varieties, 

 was made April 21st. Of these the 

 first to produce pods of edible size was 

 Laxton's Earliest of All, which was at 

 edible maturity June 21st. Following 

 close behind came Kentish Invicta, 

 Henderson's First of All, Ferry's Ex- 

 tra Eaily, Tliorburn's First and Best, 

 Ferry's Fii-st and Best, and Cleveland's 

 First and Best, which showed pods fit 

 for the table June 22nd. One day 

 later came Carter's first Crop, Daniel 

 O'Kourke, Early Alpha, E}\rly Kent, 

 and Sibley's Firat and Best, and the 

 day following, or June 24th, the Am- 



erican Wonder, Blue Peter, Carter's 

 Premium Gem, and the Philadelphia 

 Extra Early were noted at edible size. 



On May 1 2th we made a second 

 planting of sixty-three so-called varie- 

 ties, of which fifty-eight were dupli- 

 cates of the first planted varieties. 



We find that the order of the edible 

 maturity in the varieties of the second 

 planting does not entirely agree with 

 the first planting. Thus, of the second 

 planting. Carter's First Crop, Daniel 

 O'Rourke, Laxton's Earliest of All, 

 Early Alpha, Cleveland's First and 

 Best, Sibley's First and Best, Hancock, 

 and Philadelphia Extra Early were all 

 noted at edible maturity on June 3<^'th. 

 On July 1st we noted American Won- 

 der, Blue Peter, Henderson's First of 

 All, Ferry's Fxtra Early, and Ferry's 

 First and Best. Kentish Invicta was 

 noted July Trd. 



These results are expressed in the 

 following table : 



Planted 

 April 11. 



Planted 

 May 12 



Laxton's Earliest of All 



Kentish Invicta 



Henderson's First of All 



Ferry's Extra Early 



Thorbnrn's First and Best,. .. 



Ferry's First and Best 



Clftvelamrs First and Best 



Hancock 



Carter's First Crop 



Daniel O'Rourke 



Eirly Alpha 



Extra Early Kent 



Sibley's First and Best 



Aiiieric.'in Wonder 



Blue Peter 



Carter's Premium Gem 



Philadelphia Extra Birly 



Edible. 



June 30 



July 3 



July 1 



do 



July "i' 

 June 30 



do 



do 



do 



do 

 July 7 

 June 30 

 July I 



do 



! July f> 



June 30 



We note that twenty -one days earlier 

 planting gave from six to foiirteen days 

 earliness of crop in the varieties. 



Aveniging the periods between plant- 

 ing and edible maturity the order of 

 earliness is as follows : 



Laxton's Earliest of All gjive crop in 

 fifty-five days ; Cleveland's Fii*st and 



