ISO THE FRUIT GROWER'S GUIDE. 



Spraying trees liable to the attacks of slug-worms with petroleum emulsion renders the 

 foliage obnoxious to the sawflies, but it can only be practised over trees cleared of their 

 fruit. Syringing with soapsuds from the first to the third week in August, once or 

 twice a week, destroys the young caterpillars ; and a solution of soft soap, 2 ounces to 

 a gallon of water, with a pint of tobacco juice added, sprayed on the upper surface of the 

 leaves, kills the pests. These applications, however, spoil any ripe or ripening fruit upon 

 the trees, unless well washed off with clear water. Dusting the upper side of the leaves 

 with freshly -burned newly-slaked quicklime, repeated once or twice at short intervals, 

 say of half an hour, completely kills the slug- worms, and is the least objectionable as 

 regards the fruit. When the trees are clear of their crops, the following mixture may 

 be used as a spray over the trees. 1 . White hellebore powder, quite fresh, 1 ounce to a 

 gallon of ^ater, in which 1 ounce of size has been dissolved while the water was hot, 

 Klding the hellebore while hot, mixing, and using when cool. 2. Paris green, 1 ounce to 

 10 gallons of water. 3. Freshly-burned lime, \ peck, water 12 gallons ; place the lime in 

 a tub, slake, add the water, stirring well, allow it to stand twenty-four hours, then pour 

 off the clear water. Dissolve 1 pound of soft soap in 2 gallons of boiling water, adding 

 to the lime water ; and also add 1 gallon of tobacco water made by steeping 4 ounces 

 of the strongest tobacco in a gallon of boiling water, letting stand until cool, then 

 straining. Mix all together and apply with a syringe or garden engine. This may be 

 used against all the insects to which the cherry is subject, yet such applications must 

 be carefully employed where the fruit is advanced in ripening or hanging. Similar 

 caution is necessary in applying all insecticides to cherries, as they are eaten with 

 the skins, and cleansing with water is more or less imperfect. 



Once trees are infested with slug- worms the attacks are recurrent and local ; there- 

 fore prompt steps must be taken against the invaders. The pupse may be destroyed in 

 winter by removing the top 3 or 4 inches of soil from below the trees infested and 

 burning it. This is very effectual. Supply fresh soil in place of that removed. 



