230 The Fruit Garden. • [May. 



Therefore, when weeds at any time appear in thefe parts, 

 and where there is room to admit of hoeing, let a fharp 

 hoe be applied to them in a dry funny day, by which you 

 may focn flop their progrefs, and as foon as hoed, rake 

 off all the weeds and rubbiih, leaving a clean fmooth 

 furface. 



Infers hurtful to Fruit-treer, 



Where fmall infefts annoy any of the wall trees, let fome. 

 means be ufed to deftroy them, before they increafe, and 

 fpread themfelves too far, for they would do confiderable 

 mifchief to the trees and fruit. 



When once thefe deftruftive little creatures attack J)ut 

 one fingle branch of a tree, they would, in avery ihort time,. 

 over-run the whole if not ilopped, and would fpoil the young 

 fhoots, and deftroy the leaves at a furprifmg rate ; and when 

 once the leaves of a tree are gone, there is but little good to 

 be cxpe^ed from the fruit that year. Therefore, as foon as 

 infects appear upon any part of the trees,itisadvifeable both 

 to prune away fuch parts of the flioots, and to pull off all the 

 vvorft leaves that are infefted with them; that is, fuch as 

 are (hrivelled, or much curled up ; then ftrew fome tobac- 

 co-duft over all the branches and leaves; repeating it oc- 

 cafionally, which will contribute confiderably towards 

 deftroying and preventing the vermin from breeding. 



Watering wall-trees, &c. thus infelled with infefls, often 

 prGves beneficial, provided it is often repeated in dry hot 

 weath£T, and the water thrown againil the trees v/ith fome 

 force. 



Fumigating the trees with fmoak of tobacco, as hinted in 

 the work of laH month, will alio deftroy fmall infetts. 



Engine for nxiatering the Branches of Trees. 



For the purpofe of watering the branches of the above 

 wall-trees, there is nothing fo ufeful aad convenient as a 

 hand-watering errgitte. 



By the help of this fmall engine, a perlbn may ftand en- 

 the walks, and with ^re.it eai'e and expedition throw the 

 water againft any part of the trees, from the bottom to the 

 top of the wall, even, if the wall is fifteen or twenty feet 

 high; and is by far theeafieft, readieft, andmoft expeditious 

 way of watering the branches of thefe trees, and this is alfo 

 an effe^ual way of watering them j for the engine will throw 



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