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away ; and besides, it is performed at a sea- 

 son when the country requires little labor. 

 As for those insects that eat away the vine, 

 the only preventive is a careful cultivation ; 

 there is no other remedy than to brush off the 

 insects. But, after all, unless they proceed 

 from a species of vermin, they are not very 

 dangerous, inasmuch as they attack but a few 

 plants here and there. 



