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depositing her egg. Remedies for curculio are, to jar 

 the tree with a wooden mallet, by a series of quick, 

 smart taps on the trunk and limbs, and shake it, and thus 

 many of the females will fall to the ground whilst in the 

 act of depositing their eggs, and may be caught on any 

 object, like a white sheet, and destroyed. Scatter air- 

 slacked lime over the tree, as soon as you see the fruit 

 appearing, once a week, for six weeks. Use flowers-of- 

 sulphur several times in the same way, or put it in 

 white-wash with a little glue in it, and throw over, or 

 spray the trees with any of the syringes or pumps now 

 in use. Burn all fallen fruit, and cut out and burn all 

 excrescences growing out of the trees, as the eggs may 

 be deposited in these. See Harris on Insects injurious 

 to Vegetation, and American Cyclopedia, from which I 

 have, in a large measure, taken these descriptions. 



As enemies to the peach, we have, again, rabbits 

 and mice, and especially are these pests serious among 

 young trees planted in new ground, or in ground that 

 has not had the vegetation turned under before planting 

 the trees. In such ground, many trees will be girdled 

 and lost, especially in a hard winter. The remedies are, 

 to tramp frequently about the trees when snow is on the 

 ground ; shoot the rabbits, and run them frequently 

 with dogs, and put tar paper about the trees. Keep your 

 orchards clean, and these animals will seek more con- 

 genial pastures. Sultry weather in picking time is 



