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begun in October, but not continued be* 

 yond December. We see the cherry and 

 other stone fruit, as well as the pear and 

 apple trees, universally burst their bark 

 and throw off the transverse, which they 

 never regain, and that they neveVjear well 

 till they do so. 



Notwithstanding this operation, some 

 vermin may still arise from some part being 

 missed, or they may come from some other 

 quarter, and infest the blossom. In this 

 case I propose sweeping and beating off the 

 blossom, which not only dislodges immense 

 numbers of the vermin, but deprives them 

 of their receptacles. 



In beating, the stroke should be sharp, 

 and $wice or thrice repeated on the same 

 branch, because the vermin are not easily 

 dislodged. 



