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praclifed, by demolifliing all the nefts that 

 can be found in or near a fruit garden; 

 and as thefe are infe6ls of great increafe, 

 the earlier this is exercifed in the fpring 

 the better; for if we confider that every 

 neft is the produdion of one wafp that 

 has lived all the winter, 'tis eafy to ima- 

 gine that the killing of one in the fpring, 

 at their firft appearance, is of as much 

 fervice as deftroying a whole neft later. 



Many wafps and flies are alfo deftroyed 

 by placing near the fruit-trees phials half 

 fall of water, and making the mouths of 

 the veflels fweet every day with honey, 

 coarfe fugar, or the like. 



Yet, as I faid before, the earlier in the 

 fpring thefe devices are ufed, the more 

 good they will do. 



But the moft cfFeftual guard that I 

 know for grapes, is cafes made of crape, 

 gaufe, or the like fort of fluff, large e- 

 nough to contain a bunch, and tied round 

 the ftalk juft above the berries, which may 

 be done without bruifmg them ; this gives 

 a deal of trouble ; but the beft bunches 

 deferve to have it beftowed on them, pro- 

 vided they can thereby be preferved. 



3 I have 



