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that after she left the place, thinking she had killed the trees, those same trees 

 grew and flourished, and bore fruit, as they had never done before, — the hot 

 water having the effect to destroy the peach-borers, which were the only cause of 

 the former decline of the trees. Though this story seems to be absurd, yet 

 there can be little doubt that the entire destruction of the peach-borer in an 

 orchard would often produce as great an improvement as was said to have taken 

 place in the old woman's orchard. These borers seem to sap the very life of 

 the tree ; to poison the sap, and destroy its vitality. See to it that none are 

 allowed to find a breeding-place to perpetuate the evil. 



Princess of Wales Pear. — This new pear was raised by the Rev. John 

 Huyshe, of Clysthydon (Eng.), from a cross between Marie Louise and Gansel's 

 Bergamot. "About the year 1830, Mr. Huyshe fertilized the former with the 

 pollen of the latter, and from the fruit so produced he obtained three seeds ; 

 which being sown, in due time resulted in the three varieties now known as 

 Huyshe's Prince of Wales, Victoria, and Princess of Wales, the last of which " 

 forms the subject of our engraving. 



" Princess of Wales is not one of the largest of these varieties, it being sur- 

 passed in this respect both by Prince of Wales and Victoria. Yet it is not a 

 small fruit, but one of good average size, and measuring fully three inches long 



