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AMERICAN OR WOOLLY BLIGHTS. 



Branches of Affected Tree. 



Larvse (highly magnified). 



Perfect insect (highly magnified). 



to fruit-growers, renders a description unnecessary. Various remedies 

 are in use, and each one finds numerous advocates. Painting the 

 affected parts with a mixture of kerosene and soft-soap, in about equal 

 proportions, is an old and fairly effective remedy. Resin compound is 

 a good remedy that has been used with great success in America. This 

 should be applied, with a fine syringe or spray pump during the time the 

 trees are at rest. When the disease is upon the roots of the trees, one 

 of the best remedies is, in the winter, to bare the main ones as rcuch as 

 possible, and apply a thick dressing of slaked lime. 



Apple beetle. This insect is known scientifically as Doticus pestilens, 

 and is likely to prove a troublesome pest to Apple trees. It is a very 

 small brownish beetle, with comparatively long legs, and is as yet but 

 little known. The grub of this beetle perforates Apples, which in about 

 a month begin to shrivel, and it remains and develops in the withered 

 fruit till it is ready to deposit its eggs for the following season. 

 Remedies : Kerosene emulsion and resin compound. 



