AND ITS DISEASE. 



to the sap circulation and is the very kind of food 

 the little wiry surface roots are looking after in the 

 soil to carry to the limbs, leaves and fruit. Here 

 again is an application of the " Chinese system'' of 

 manuring the tree instead of the soil. These two 

 ounces of soap (potash) will do more good to the 

 tree than a half a bushel of ashes sown on the bare 

 surface of the ground broadcast, and it will be as 

 effective in keeping off the borer through the season. 

 The cheapest and most efficient and expeditious 

 way to keep an orchard clear of the peach worm 

 or borer, is the plan above recommended of re- 

 moving it with a knife and applying an ounce or 

 two of cheap hard soap. The application of the 

 soap, while it repels the insect and borer is a pow- 

 erful stimulant to the tree, and acts quickly and 

 efficiently. Other enemies that commit their de- 

 predations on the limbs, branches and leaves of 

 the tree, though slight compared to the yellows, 

 such as curled leaf, mildew, &c., &c., destructive to 

 small limbs, call for their remedies also. Strong 

 soap suds, or a solution of potash and urine will 

 destroy mildew, fungi, aphides, bark insects, &c. 

 Whatever is effective to the root is also beneficial 

 to the branches. I have always found whitewash 

 sufficient, and in looking at the many recommen- 

 dations by practical Pomologists I -find they all 

 make lime the leading ingredient, and it seems that 

 lime and potash are indeed about all that is re- 

 quired to produce the required effect, which is to 



