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moss and dead bark, and kill all the insects on all fruit trees or 

 grape vines, and make them as smooth as though polished, and 

 make old trees bear anew. Never wlutewash a tree. 



TO PREVENT PEACH WORMS. 



In transplanting trees set them an inch higher than they stood 

 before. 



Mr. Waring — I was told by Mrs. Thompson, of Burlington, Vt., 

 who is one cf the best horticulturists there, that the had succeed- 

 ed in getting rid of the peach worm by wrapping a black cloth 

 around the hole next to the ground, under which the worms lo- 

 cate, without boring into the wood, and by removing the cloth 

 they are exposed and easily killed. 



Professor Mapes. — It is surprising that quinces are not culti- 

 vated more. I have known the product of an acre sell for $1 ,400. 

 They are usually higher than oranges in this market. 



Solon Robinson — Dr. Underbill sells his great crop at $3 a 

 hundred for the good ones, and as much more for the poor ones, 

 as he works the latter up into quince syrup. I have seen a tree 

 upon his place with a round bushy head, twenty-five feet in di- 

 ameter, that bears bushels of great round quinces. 



Prof. Mapes — As to the fruit destroyed by birds it is their 

 share, let us raise enough to pay them fur their highly important 

 service in killing insects so devastating to many of our crops. 

 Something was said as to pruning. I prune my grape vines in 

 November with advantage; I do more, there is a loose detached 

 bark on the larger canes which I do not suffer to be there, I take 

 it all off and clean the true bark of the vine with the soda mix- 

 ture, made as follows : Heat a pound of sal soda in a pot red hot, 

 then crush it (when cool) and put it into a gallon of water, which 

 will make (what chemists call) a saturated solution. I use this 

 solution to wash all my trees and vines; it w^ill not wash off in 

 rain. Whitewashing is a miserable plan. ThenJ as to the grape 

 vines, I pinch off the third eye beyond the fruit, and another 

 shoots from that; I pinch that one off and again there comes a 

 shoot, which I leave for the thrip, who will stick to that shoot and 



