30 APPLE. 



When lime is used, it should always be in solution with 

 something else, as it binds the bark of the tree, and prevents 

 the dews, air, and rains exerting their influence. 



A little salt placed in a circle round the tree, if repeated 

 only in small quantities, is fatal to many insects, and, with 

 the precaution necessary for using so powerful an agent, not 

 injurious to the tree. Hen-manure, ashes, sulphur, soot, 

 snuff, and any strong-smelling substances, may be placed 

 round the tree. Fish oil and offal is disagreeable to many 

 insects. 



Bottles, left uncorked, and half filled with, some sweet 

 preparation, and tied upon the branches of trees, are an ex- 

 cellent trap for winged insects which pierce the blossom and 

 the fruit. 



Birds destroy great numbers of insects, and guns should 

 never be fired off in orchards and gardens. 



Belts or bandages of canvas are tied round apple and 

 other trees, and covered with tar, mixed with train oil, to 

 keep it moist. These belts, if kept in a fresh state, will keep 

 the female of the cankerworm from ascending the tree to 

 lay her, eggs. Many persons apply the bandage in the 

 fall in October, and keep it on till late in the spring. 



Old India-ruUber, subjected to great heat in an iron pot, 

 forms an excellent substance for smearing the bandages ; it 

 is highly adhesive, and, effectually resisting the atmosphere, 

 it seldom requires to be renewed. 



Another practice which is much recommended by culti- 

 vators is to dig round the tree, and bury rock-weed that 

 has grown by the sea-shore, throwing the earth over the 

 weed, and treading it down lightly, or passing the roller 

 over it. 



Always have a space immediately round the trees kept 

 perfectly free from weeds, so that insects can be more readily 

 discovered. 



