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be rough and stunted in growth ; give them an abundance of food 

 and culture, and they will repay you with a profusion of large, 

 smooth, and golden fruit. Plant ten to twelve feet apart each way. 



Insects. — The following remedy for the borer is taken from 

 Thomas' Fruit Gulturist: 



"The borer sometimes proves a formidable enemy. It is the 

 larva of an insect which attacks the wood of the trunk near the 

 surface of the ground, and works inward, usually upward, but 

 sometimes downward, to a distance of several inches into the wood 

 during the summer season. 



"As the borer frequently destroys the tree, various means of 

 prevention have been resorted to. The remedies described for the 

 apple-borer are found useful. "When the insect has once obtained 

 possession, the best method appears to be direct attack. Scrape 

 the soil from the trunk, and cut with a knife lengthwise, and not 

 across the bark and wood, till the insects are found. Eepeat the 

 operation once a week for several times, as a part escapes the first 

 examination. Then cover the wounded parts with a n fixture of 

 warm tar with ochre or brick-dust." 



There are one or two other varieties of this fruit, seedlings of the 

 above, for which greater excellence is claimed, and are worthy of a 

 trial. 



The Augers Quince is a v .riety from France, used not for its fruit, 

 but for a stock on which to dwarf the pear. 



Quinces are but little planted in any section of the United States 

 This neglect arises cl.iefly from the fact that they are generally 

 regarded as non-productive. As usually grown, they certainly do 

 not bear well ; but it is believed that in the proper soil, and with 

 good cultivation, they will yield as well as most other kinds of fruit. 



