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fail to drive away the curculio, it will prove an excellent 

 fertilizer for the trees. But if it can be applied without 

 too much expense, we think it may prove valuable as a 

 remedy. The ground should first be plowed, harrowed 

 and rolled, so as to make the surface as smooth and fine 

 is practicable. The finely pulverized lime may then be 

 sown broadcast, just when the trees are shedding their 

 blossoms, or the surface may be whitewashed with it in 

 a liquid state. But we fear the trouble, expense, and 

 liability to be absorbed will deter many from trying it. 



7. PAVING AND PLANTING OVER WATER. These rest 

 on^the same principle that instinct teaches the insect 

 that its seed will be destroyed if deposited above them. 

 From whatever cause, it is claimed by some that trees 

 hanging over the edge of a lake, or with paved yards 

 under them, will not be visited by the curculio, but this 

 is as emphatically denied by others. 



8. LIME AND SULPHUR. This is a mixture of eighteen 

 double handf uls of sulphur to a barrel of ordinary white- 

 wash, made of unslacked lime. The mixture must be 

 reduced by water to a consistency capable of being used 

 with a syringe. It should be applied three times a week, 

 for four weeks, commencing with the fall of the blossom. 

 As the sediment falls more water may be poured in as 

 the liquid part is used, until the whole be consumed. 



9. SPRAYING THE TREES. Of late this remedy has been 

 resorted to in some sections to a limited extent and with 

 ;ncouraging results. It is now hoped that it may afford 

 very substantial relief. A solution of one pound of Paris 

 green to a hundred and sixty gallons of water is the proper 

 one to be used. This is applied by a syringe with a perfo- 

 rated nozzle. A barrel or hogshead is mounted on a cart, 

 and drawn through the orchard, and the poisoned water 

 sprayed over the trees on each side. The time is first 

 when the blossoms are about to shed ; then at intervals 

 of two or three weeks until the fruit is half grown. 



We have given these several remedies, and hope they 



