200 PEACHES, 



attacks about the middle of July, and continues its 

 depredations until the middle of September. It 

 wounds the tender part of the bark, and generally at 

 the surface of the ground, there depositing its eggs, 

 which hatch into worms, that prey upon the muci- 

 lage and tender part of the bark, until the communi- 

 cation between the root and the branches is cut off, 

 causing the death of the tree. To guard against this, 

 raise a little hillock in the month of June, round the 

 tree, about a foot high, so as completely to cover that 

 part of the bark kept moist and tender at the surface 

 of the ground. This hillock will not stand so long at 

 one height, as to tender the bark above, as the rain 

 will gradually wash it down level with the surface, and 

 must be raised again every summer." 



"To take out the worm, the roots must be uncover- 

 ed, and the spot looked for where the gum oozes out, 

 following the cavity round with the point of a knife, 

 until you come to the solid wood, and lay the whole 

 open : the worm will be found with a white body and 

 black head ; which must be destroyed, and the holes 

 carefully filled up with cow manure, rendered adhe- 

 sive by sand or lime core and ashes, as directed by 

 Mr. Forsyth. 



"Soap suds, heated after a family wash, and poured 

 on the roots of trees, about the middle of August, have 

 been used with success in destroying the eggs, or the 

 young worm. 



"According to Mr. John Ellis, of New-Jersey, the 

 injury arising from the worm may be prevented in the 

 following way : 



u ln the spring, when the blossoms are out, clear a- 

 way the dirt so as to expose the root of the tree, to 

 the depth of three inches ; surround the tree with 

 straw about three feet long, applied lengthwise, so 

 that it may have a covering, one inch thick, which 

 extends to the bottom of the hole, the butt ends of 



