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tied around the main stem, just below the branches, and 

 sometimes also around the main branches themselves. 

 The smell of the tar may be as effectual as the bands 

 themselves. 



3. A TRAP. We have heard of a curculio Trap, made 

 in the shape of a bag, and hung in the tree ; but we have 

 neither seen nor heard it described, and are, consequently, 

 unable to speak of its merits. 



4. OFFENSIVE ODORS. It has been discovered that 

 most insects that infest orchards are more or less affected 

 by disagreeable odors ; hence it is proposed to hang up 

 in the branches of trees, during the incursion of the cur- 

 culio, cobs or some other convenient thing, dipped in gas 

 or coal tar, and strung upon a wire, and thus drive them 

 away. This remedy is plausible, and may be very ser- 

 viceable in many instances of insect invasion ; but, so far, 

 there seerns to be " no enchantment " against this most 

 pestilential of all the insect tribe. Besides, it is tedious 

 and inconvenient when used on a large scale. 



5. DESTROY THE FALLEN FRUIT. As the injured fruit 

 falls to the ground with the grub in it, it is a very effectu- 

 al and convenient way to turn hogs into the orchard to 

 eat it up. This is a remedy without objection, and may 

 at all times be resorted to with safety and economy. If 

 it does not prove entirely successful, it will, doubtless, 

 greatly mitigate the evil. Let no infected fruit remain 

 in your orchards. 



6. WHITEWASH THE GROUND. Governed by instinct, it 

 is said the curculio will never deposit its eggs where they 

 cannot be hatched hence, not over water or paved yards, 

 nor whitewashed surfaces. From this hint cultivators 

 have experimented, and it is now affirmed by many that 

 trees overhanging any of these are exempt. In view of 

 this, whitewashing the ground is proposed as an infallible 

 remedy. It is, no doubt, excellent ; for even if it should 



