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the health, and the productiveness of the 

 peach, the nectarine and the apricot, are all 

 greatly improved by this treatment. 



Insects. The only insect that seriously in- 

 jures the peach-tree in this section of the 

 country, is the Peach- worm, (J^geria exitio- 

 sa.) This insect deposits its eggs in the 

 trunk of , the tree, at the surface of the ground 

 and in the forks of the limbs, &c. The egg 

 hatches and becomes a worm of one-fourth to 

 three-fourths of an inch in length. This 

 worm devours the inner bark and sap-wood 

 of the tree, at and about the points where the 

 eggs are laid. Its presence may be known by 

 the gum which exudes from the bark in con- 

 sequence. When the worm gets into the 

 forks of a tree, it causes the splitting of the 

 tree at those points ; and unless its progress 

 is arrested, it will sometimes do very serious 

 damage. 



The preventive against this insect is very 

 simple. It is only necessary to put half 

 a peck of ashes or air-slacked lime, close 

 around the collar of the tree, (that is at the 

 surface of the ground,)in the month of May, 

 and remove it again in October. For other 

 preventives and the modes of getting rid of 



