CHAPTER XVIII. 



THJCSS are few '/four cultivated fruit* that are Je** liable 

 tobei0fetdbyiniN^tbaithegra)/e; it ha* ltd mfljfof, 

 however, which, if allowed to increa*e, would *oon become 

 quite formidable, In *ome part* of the wintry in*eet 

 ravage* have been *o great that it ha* materially checked 

 the cultivation of the vine, 



Hie rapid increa*e of i n*ect* i*, without doubt, owing in 

 a great meanure to the destruction of those bird* that lire 

 moftly upon them* If we destroy or drive away the fiatt^- 

 ral enemies of the in*eet, then we mu*t take UJX/TI our- 

 *elre* tbe oflj/^ of de*troyer, and work with j^r*everane 

 and vigilance, or *ee all our enVt* to produce fruit in 

 abttndaoee of no avail. That noxiou* in*eet,* are raf/idly 

 ioereaniog throughout t>ie rx/untry muni be apparent to 

 every one who ha* given the ftut/jeet attentiofi* 

 that ten year* in/;e were unknown in the We*tern 

 are now found there in ai/undanix;, having l>eeri intro- 

 duced, not only from the Kantern Htate*, but imported 

 from Eoropean eouAtrie* with *ee^l, fruit*, etc* 



It inattU^* but little where these ho*t* of inject* corn^ 

 from, tbe la^t that tliey exint, with few idlem m//ng them, 

 li enon^i to *et every one of w to work to eheek tlieir 

 pro^re** in every way po**ibJe, To proeeed on our work 

 of de*tmetkm under*tan/lingly, we *h//uld firt know otir 

 enemie*, for *ome in*ect Uiat are found on the grape rie 

 do not injure it, but a**i*t u* in /leHroying tbo*e that are 

 injurious, therefore an i/idixOTntmate *laughter f in ma^y 

 eae*, would be very injudiciou*. There are many no*- 

 tntm* offered at the pre*em time which are *aid t// he in- 

 e<t retnedie*, and do*M*9* *4tw of tWat are really what 



