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PEA 



PEA 



with a white body and black head ; 

 which must be destroyed, and the 

 hole tilled up with cow manure, 

 rendered adhesive by lime sand and 

 ashes, as directed by Forsyth. See 

 Orchard. 



Soap suds, heated after a fl^mily 

 wash, and poured on the roots of 

 the trees, about the middle of Au- 

 gust, have been used with success 

 in destroying the eggs, or the young 

 worm. 



Mr. John Ellis, of New-Jersey, 

 directs taking away the dirt round 

 the tree, so as to expose the root 

 to the depth of about six inches,and 

 surrounding the tree with straw 

 about three feet long, and apply it 

 lengthwise about an inch thick, the 

 butt-ends of the straw resting on the 

 ground at the bottom. This straw 

 should be bound with three bands, 

 one near the top, one at the mid- 

 dle, and the third at the surface of 

 the earth. Fill up the hole at the 

 root with earth, and press it close- 

 ly round the straw. When the 

 white frosts appear, the straw 

 should be removed, and the tree 

 remain uncovered until the blos- 

 soms put out in the spring. By this 

 process the fly, it is said, is pre- 

 vented from depositing its egg v^'ith- 

 in three feet of the root, and al- 

 though it may place its egg above 

 that distance, the worm travels so 

 slow, that it cannot reach the 

 ground before frost, and therefore 

 is killed before it is able to injure 

 the tree. 



Mr. Forsyth recommends thin- 

 ning the peaches, when they are 

 about the size of a small marble, 

 which ought to be done according 

 to the strength and size of the tree, 



and must be left to the judgment of 

 the person, who performs the op- 

 eration. 



Mr. William Coxe, of Burlington, 

 N. J. prefers a northern aspect 

 for peach trees : " I have tried," 

 he remarks, " with great success a 

 northern aspect,and even the north 

 side of a building for apricots, the 

 tenderest and earliest of our fruits. 

 The northern situation of the rising 

 and setting sun, is sufficient to im- 

 part to them a large portion of heat 

 in the long days of summer ; while 

 the blossoming is retarded by the 

 greater shelter afforded by the po- 

 sition of the sun in the spring." 

 American Jarmer, vol. II. p. 71. 



Peach trees are subject to a dis- 

 ease called the " Yellows," of 

 which we have seen no particular 

 description. The remedy howev- 

 er is wood ashes, scattered about 

 the roots, which is said to be un- 

 failing. American Farmer, \o\, IL 

 p. 187. 



PEAR TREE, Pyrus. Pears 

 have a nearer affinity to quinces 

 than to apples : For a pear scion 

 will grow upon a quince stock, but 

 not so well upon an apple : And 

 a quince scion will grow upon a 

 pear stock. 



The vast variety of pears, which 

 are cultivated in the world, have 

 been obtained from the seeds, 

 whichj like those of the apple, will 

 produce fruit trees different from 

 tjie parent tree. Seeds sometimes 

 bring degenerate, and sometimes 

 improved fruit trees. So that all 

 the best grafted fruits have been, 

 some time or other, produced by 

 nature itself: And though the fruits 

 vary, there is not a specifical differ- 

 ence. 



