232 THE FRUIT GARDEN. APRIL , 



(or grub as you call it) which attacks apple, cherry, 

 and other fruit-trees, is produced from the eggs of a 

 moth, which are deposited upon, or into the buds, 

 in August and September. The moth is not unlike 

 the common house-moth. Now, the gooseberry-ca- 

 terpillar is produced by a fly, about the size of the 

 common house-fly, but longer in the body, having 

 gold-tinged wings, with a yello\v belly and thighs. 

 The females, by instinct, crawl along the backs of 

 the leaves, and lay their eggs upon the veins. These 

 begin to live in about five or six weeks, sooner or 

 later, according to the warmth of the weather. The 

 leaf then appears perforated, and its destruction in- % 

 creases as the caterpillars increase in size. In short, 

 if not destroyed as above, or in some other way, 

 they suddenly strip the whole plant of its foliage. 



" In the manufacturing of roll-tobacco, there is 

 a liquor expressed, which is absorbed by the brown 

 paper in which the rolls are, when put to the press. 

 One pound of this paper, so saturated, contains as 

 much of the strength of the tobacco, as two pounds 

 of the leaves do. A pound of this paper being put 

 into a glazed earthen vessel, and six English pints of 

 water, nearly boiling, being poured upon it, will 

 make a liquor sufficiently strong for the destruction 

 of any caterpillar. 



" The mode of applying it is by a small force- 

 pump, which should be firmly fixed into a wooden 

 trough or tub. With the one hand work the pump, 

 and apply the thumb of the other hand to the point 

 of the emitting-pipe, which should not be wider 

 than a large quill. A dexterous application of the 



