PEACH BORER, &G. 



The Peach worm or borer is a four winged in- 

 sect, wasp like in shape, and of a steel blue color. 

 It deposits its eggs from early in the summer until 

 fall, near the ground around the base of the tree. 

 The young larva or worm enters the bark at the 

 root of the tree and for the whole year subsisting 

 on and ringing the tree if not attended to, and in 

 the spring having finished its ravages encases itself 

 in a gum and saw dust like envelope or cocoon, 

 under the bark or just beneath the earth, around 

 the door of its premises, soon to change from pupa 

 to insect life. It, rarely happens that healthy trees 

 are entirely destroyed by it unless greatly neglec- 

 ted. As it confines its depredations to the bark 

 not entering the wood it is easily captured and de- 

 stroyed on examination in the fall if carefully done, 

 and the larva removed by a sharp pointed knife ; 

 and about an ounce, of hard soap firmly rubbed 

 around the base of the tree an inch or so beneath 

 the surface and if about the same quantity be ap- 

 plied to the place injured by the worm or in the 

 incision made by the knife it would be of great 

 benefit in healing over the wound and giving 

 growth and vigor to the tree. 



The potash in this case has its direct application 



