DECAYED TREES TO BE DESTROYED. 89 



as directed on the labels, will so change the 

 flavour of the outer rind, that the insect will 

 not attack it. 



TREES PAST RECOVERY RECOMMENDED TO BE 

 DESTROYED. 



Par. 104. Where trees are so much eaten 

 as I have seen some, that the main wood as 

 well as the bark is decayed, I should recom- 

 mend such trees to be destroyed, for they are 

 only an incumbrance to the ground ; and 

 although they may bear fruit, they are more 

 loss than profit, for the trees have not strength 

 to produce good fruit. 



I last season took notice of a fine young 

 standard Scarlet Pearmain about ten years old, 

 full of fruit, which was very fine, excepting one 

 branch, and on that the fruit was small, 

 dwindling, and almost tasteless, with scarcely 

 any juice ; on examination, I found that limb, 

 very near the body of the tree, almost eaten 

 through with the insects, and so much was the 

 fruit altered in its' appearance, that I supposed 

 it was another sort of apple on the tree ; there- 

 fore, this is a proof how it must change the 

 flavour of our cider, as well as the fruit for 

 all other purposes. 



