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peach tree, that hot water poured round the trunk at the 

 surface of the ground, will destroy the worm. 



Soot has been found excellent for this tree. In one 

 case that has come to our knowledge, its pale leaves were 

 changed into a dark green by this application round its 

 roots ; and though the effect may in part have been cau- 

 sed by the destruction of the worm, it has doubtless acted 

 also as a manure. Those who have stove-pipes to clean 

 and peach trees to cultivate, should save the soot for this 

 purpose. 



One of the most deplorable conditions that a peach tree 

 can be placed in, is to stand in a meadow or grass ground 

 which is annually mowed. Sometimes we see them in 

 door-yards, where the grass grows strong, but where nei- 

 ther pigs, nor sheep, nor cattle, are allowed to enter. A 

 half starved tree, however, is no ornament in front of a 

 house ; but we will not find fault without proposing a 

 remedy. Cultivate a circle round each tree, of two or 

 three feet in diameter; and hoe in manure from the sta- 

 ble, the hog-pen, the hen-roost, the leach-tub, or the wood 

 pile, not forgetting the stove-pipe, and the tree will soon 

 compensate for the labor by its beauty and productive- 

 ness. 



