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VOLUME I. 



ROCHESTER, JUNE 4, 1831. 



MlMBEIS 22 



PUBLISHED BV I.. TUCKER &. CO. 



At the Office of the Daily Advertiser. 

 Terms— S'2.50 per annum, or 



$2.00 if paid io advance- 



N. GOODSELL, EDITOR. 



CURCULIO. 



This destructive little insect lias already 

 commenced its depredations upon the Apri- 

 cots, Nectarines, Plums, Cherries, Sac. — 

 There is no time to be lost by those who 

 would protect their fruit from its ravages. — 

 The Curculio is a small dark brown bug, 

 ibout the size of a pea-bug, with a long 

 crooked beak, from which proceed two small 

 fine feelers. When approached, he collects 

 himself and remains motionless, very much 

 resembling a dry bud. Its body is covered 

 with a hard crust, and when examined mi- 

 nutely, several bunches arj discovered along 

 •he back, and also some spots of a light shin- 

 •.ng grey. Those who are not acquainted 

 *ith them, may find them very readily by 

 placing a white cloth under the tree which 

 '-hey infest, and giving the tree n smart blow 

 with the hand, when the Curculio will drop 

 ipon the cloth and are readily discovered. — 

 They commence their depredations by ma- 

 king an incision in the fruit, in the form of 

 a small c or section of a circle, in which 

 "hey deposit an egg which hatches into a 

 imall maggot, which immediately commen- 

 ces eating its way to the centre of the fruit — 

 after which the fruit has a gummy and shriv- 

 elled appearance, and drops from the tree. 

 After this, the maggot leaves the fruit and 

 buries itself in the ground, to pass through 

 the different changes of shape to which he 

 is subject, and await .the return of another 

 ieason to commence the work of destruction. 

 Although small and insignificant in his ap- 

 pearance, perhaps we have no one insect 

 that does as much mischief; as by him more 

 than seven-eighths of our Apricots, Necta- 

 rines, and Plums, are destroyed. They are 

 provided with wings, but are seldom known 

 to use them ; from which circumstance it is 

 hoped that some efficient mode may be adop- 

 ted of keeping them from ascending the bo- 

 dies of fruit trees. As the fruit of the Ap- 

 ricot, Nectarine, and Plum trees add much 

 to the comforts of life, we hope every effort 

 will be made which human ingenuity can 

 invent, to prevent the ravages of this little 

 "troublesome insect. 



There is another variety of the same fam- 

 ily, which perforates the limbs of Cherries 

 md Plums, causing an excrescence or an 

 enlargement of the limb at the place where 

 the eggs are deposited : all such limbs should 

 be cut off and burned before the season of 

 hatching arrives. 



As preventives, we have recommended a 

 solution of India-rubber in animal oils(which 

 is very adhesive) to be put upon the bodies 



and limbs of trees, in order to prevent their 

 ascent. We have tried tar, as used to pre- 

 vent the ascent of the canker worm. This 

 seems a preventive for a short time when 

 first applied, but soon hardens sufficiently 

 upon the outside to allow them to pass over 

 it. Others have recommended lists or loose 

 cords fastened round the body of the trees, 

 saturated with common ttnguentum of the 

 shops, or with spirits of turpentine. But 

 whatever course is resorted to, we recom- 

 mend their destruction by spreading sheets 

 under the trees and jarring them off and de- 

 stroying them. To prevent their return, let 

 all the fallen fruit be collected as soon as it 

 falls, before the maggot has time to make 

 his escape into the ground, and burned; by 

 which means the germ for the future prog- 

 eny will be cut off. This will have the same 

 effect as allowing hogs to feed under the 

 trees during the time the fruit is falling,which 

 is not always convenient. We hope many 

 of our readers will commence the war of ex- 

 termination against these pests, not only as 

 a matter of profit, but a duty they owe so- 

 ciety ; and every one who shall be fortunate 

 enough to prevent their ravages by any meth- 

 od will confer a favor on society by publish- 

 ing it as soon as discovered, as they continue 

 their havoc until July. 



We have taken a number of the Curculio, 

 and left them at the room of the Horticultu- 

 ral Society, with Mr. Mathies, for the in- 

 spection of those gentlemen who are not fa 

 miliar with their appearance. 



GARDENS. 



After the long continuation of wet, cool 

 weather, we are cheered by the influence of 

 the sun upon vegetation. The garden now 

 invites the attention of the husbandman. — 

 Many seeds may have failed from the long 

 continued wet, but weeds generally thrive, 

 whether the weather is wet or dry. After 

 such weather, it is important that the ground 

 in gardens should be well stirred, to prevent 

 its becoming hard and dry. Stirring the 

 ground often, has a tendency to prevent or 

 to counteract the drought. Corn that is oft- 

 en hoed in dry weather, will not sutler as 

 much from the drought as that which is not 

 hoed. After a long rainy time at this sea 

 son, Cabbage plants require particular at- 

 tention. It is during wet weather that the 

 maggot at the root does the most damage. 

 By examining young plants at mid-day, ma- 

 ny will be found -drooping, both in the bed 

 and those that have been transplanted. — ' 

 This is a pretty sure indication that the roots 

 have been injured by the maggot. When 

 such i3 the case, they should be taken up at 

 once and the roots washed to free them from 

 any of the small maggots which may be'part- 

 ly imbedded in the roots, after which tber 



should be planted out into a bed made of 

 fresh earth from rich sward land, which is 

 generally free from insects. If on setting 

 the plants in hills a shovelful of such dirt is 

 put in the hill, they are rarely troubled. — ■ 

 We have tried many nostrums put about the 

 roots to destroy these pests, but have not 

 found any that appears exactly calculated 

 for common use. A solution of corrosive 

 sublimate (sublimed muriate of mercury) will 

 destroy them, but it is too costly ; besides, 

 we are opposed to trusting such deadly poi- 

 son in unskilful hands. Next to that, wc 

 would recommend a strong decoction of to- 

 bacco to be poured about the roots. Cauli- 

 flowers, Brocoli, and Kale, are subject to 

 be infested the same way as Cabbage, and 

 should be treated in the same manner.— 

 Plants should be kept in a nursery until they 

 are of a large size, as they are attended tc 

 with less trouble than when planted in hijk 



HORSES. 



As we have commenced giving our read 

 ers the history of some of the most noted 

 horses for speed and bottom which have 

 been known to the sporting public, we will 

 now give them some extracts from the A- 

 merican Turf Register, respecting the im- 

 ported horse Diomed — as from him have 

 sprung some of the swiftest race horses of 

 our day. Wo consider it of some import- 

 ance to farmers to have a correct list of the 

 descendants of such horses, in order to de- 

 tect those many impositions which are daily 

 practised upon the public by advertisements 

 posted up in every bar-room, recommending 

 horses to the notice of farmers, and giving 

 what they denominate their pedigree ; most 

 of which are mere fabrications for the pur- 

 pose of deceiving those who are ignorant of 

 the facts there pretended to be set forth. 



The Diomed had become a very celebra 

 ted horse in England, both for speed an£ 

 stock, before he was imported into America, 

 and was considered of the best Arabian ■ 

 blood. Mr. Skinner gives the following no- 

 tice of him : — 



"At twenty-two years old, Diosied was 

 imported into Virginia by Col. Jmo. Hoojiee 

 of the Bowling Green. The most distin 

 gttished of his get in Virginia, were 

 Sir Archy, dam by Rockingham, bred by 



Col. Tayloe, foaled 18<X 



Florizel, dam by Shark, bredbyMaj. 



Ball, foaled 180£ 



Potomac, ran 2 miles in 3 m. 43 sec. ; 



the quickest race in America, foaled 180! 

 Peace Maker, bred by Col. Hoomes — 



afterwards owned by Col. Tayloe, 



foaled Ifco: 

 Top Gallant, dam" by Shark, bred by 



Mr. Clayton, foaled 180; 



Hamlintonian, dam by Shark, bred by 



Mr. Hamlin, foaled lGOi 



Vingtun, dam by Clockfast, — sold in 



1 803 for £2750, foaJed JCO: 



