138 THE VINEYARD. [FEB. 



are deemed enough, according to the size of the tree. The General 

 commences his operations about the time or soon after the trees 

 are in full bloom, and renews the application of the tar frequently, 

 while the fruit hangs on the tree. To this expedeint, he attributes his 

 never failing success. Other gentlemen allege, that common tur- 

 pentine would be still better; being equally pungent and more per- 

 manent in its effects. Some have sown offensive articles, such as 

 buckwheat, celery, &c. at the root of the tree, and have thought that 

 great advantages followed, 



" Ablaqueatirtn, or digging round the trees, and making bare their 

 roots in winter, is an old expedient of gardeners for killing insects, and 

 may answer well enough for a solitary tree, a year or two ; but the 

 curculio will soon recover from a disturbance of this sort, and stock 

 the tree again. 



" In large orchards, care should be taken that the stock of hogs is 

 sufficient to eat up all the early fruit which fall, from May until 

 August. This precaution will be more especially necessary in 

 large peach orchards ; for, otherwise, when the hogs become cloy- 

 ed with the pulp of the peach, they will let it fall out of their mouths, 

 and content themselves with the kernel, which they like better ; 

 and thus the curculio escaping from their jaws, may hide under 

 ground, until next Spring. 



" A young orchard should not be planted in the place of, or adjacent 

 to an old one, that it may not be immediately infested with the cur- 

 culio. 



" It is also apparent from what has been said, that great advan- 

 tages might result from an association or combination of whole 

 neighbourhoods against this common enemy. Although an intelli- 

 gent farmer may accomplish much, by due attention, within his own 

 territory, the total extermination of the curculio can hardly be ex- 

 pected but by the concurrent efforts of whole districts." 



For further particulars respecting fruit-trees, see the article 

 Orc/iard in March. 



THE VINEYARD. 



TO the preparatory and other necessary work, recommended in 

 January to be done in the Vineyard, page 41, I again call your par- 

 ticular attention ; if it is put off till March you will then find the 

 consequent embarrassment of such neglect; therefore let every pre- 

 paration be made in this, as well as the last month, that the season 

 \vill admit of. 



The beginning of this month will be a good time to cart manure 

 into the Vineyard ; laying it down in the most elevated places possible, 

 for the ease of wheeling it on barrows down among the rows of 

 vines ; this ought to be perfectly rotted, and of a quality suited to 

 the nature of the soil ; well rotted cow dung is the best manure for 



