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daily, and make such immediate use of them as will be sure to till 

 the insects, before they have time to escape. If any old cloth is 

 wound around or hung in the crotches of the trees, the apple- worms 

 will conceal themselves therein ; and by this means thousands of 

 them may be obtained and destroyed, from the time when they first 

 begin to leave the apples, until the fruit is gathered. By carefully 

 scraping off the loose and rugged bark of the trees, in the spring, 

 many chrysalids will be destroyed ; and it has been said that the 

 moths, when about laying their eggs, may be smothered or driven 

 away, by the smoke of weeds burned under the trees. The worms, 

 often found in summer pears, appear to be the same as those that 

 affect apples, and are to be kept in check by the same means. 



APPLE-TREE BORER. 



APPLE TREE BORERS. The borers of the apple tree have become 

 notorious for their extensive ravages. They are the larvae of a 

 beetle called Saperda Uvittata, the two-striped, or the brown and 

 white striped Saperda ; the upper side of its body being marked 

 with two longitudinal white stripes between three of a light brown 

 color, while the face, the antennae, the under-side of the body, and 

 the legs, are white. This beetle varies in length from a little more 

 than one-half to three-quarters of an inch. It comes forth from the 

 trunks of the trees, in its perfected state, early in June, making its 

 escape in the night, during which time only it uses its ample wings 

 in going from tree to tree in search of companions and food. In 

 the day-time it keeps at rest among the leaves of the plants which 

 it devours. Among the trees and shrubs attacked by this borer, 

 are the apple tree, the quince, mountain-ash, hawthorn, and other 

 thorn bushes. In June and July the eggs are deposited, being laid 

 upon the bark near the root, during the night. The larvae are 

 fleshy whitish grubs, nearly cylind rical, and tapering a little from 

 the first ring to the end of the body. The head is small, horny, 

 and brown ; the first ring is much larger than the others, the next 



