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and it certainly would be improper to sweep 

 a tree of spare blossom, not infested. 

 There is much less danger of destroying the 

 sound fruit by sweeping and beating, than 

 could a priori be imagined : the diseased, 

 losing its hold, falls easier to the Jb^ush or 

 stroke. 



The operation of sweeping and beating 

 should be begun as soon as any symptoms 

 of vermin appear ; that is, the curling of 

 the blossom and leaves near the trunk and 

 large branches, and should be continued 

 every day, or every other day, till the fruit 

 is fairly set, or the season of the vermin 

 past. I say fairly set, because it often hap- 

 pens that the fruit is destroyed, and falls 

 off, after it is apparently set, and thus de- 

 ceives the husbandman, and blasts his 

 hopes. 



