50 Destruction of the American Blight on Apple Trees. 



ing, they were much worse than in the preceding season : 

 some of the branches were quite covered with the insect 

 Therefore, finding the liquid that I had dressed them with of 

 no avail whatever, unless I except the good done by continu- 

 ally brushing them, I applied strong old urine to all the trees, 

 with a soft brush, and I can positively say, it has had the desired 

 effect in every sense of the word ; for the trees are now, and 

 have been all this summer, as clean and healthy as I can wish 

 them to be. If the urine is used in a fresh state, it will not 

 answer so well as if it were two or three months old, and kept 

 in a body of fifteen or twenty gallons. After brushing the 

 trees, if I have any of the liquid to spare, I take a syringe and 

 sprinkle the trees all over. By attending to the above method, 

 there is very little difficulty in completely eradicating the 

 destructive insect your correspondent complains of. A cheaper 

 remedy it is almost impossible to find. On large old trees, 

 where the bark is rough, of course the labour is much greater 

 than on small or middling sized trees, but even then it need 

 not be despaired of. If you think this worth a place in your 

 Magazine, I shall feel proud in contributing my mite to so 

 useful a work. I am, Sir, &c. 



A.W. 

 Near Droitwich, Nov. 10th, 1826. 



Since the above was printed, we have received some other 

 communications on the same subject: Mr. James Brown of York 

 has used tobacco water; R. S. T. soot and salt in equal 

 quantities ; and Mr. James Gibson, Hampstead, the Chelsea 

 apple powder, the principal ingredient in which appears to be 

 soot, with perfect success. — Cond. 



" A gentleman from Upper Canada, one of the most distin- 

 guished individuals in that province, told me this summer of a 

 remedy, which he said proved in that country completely effec- 

 tual — soft soap. I applied it the latter end of June to some 

 trees of mine which had been dreadfully infested for a long 

 time, and on which I had previously tried various remedies. 

 I laid it on with a brush, hot, and of the consistency of paint. 

 The outer bark is since come off, and a fine healthy under sur- 

 face appears. I have not seen the least appearance of the 

 American blight since, and the trees have been thus far per- 

 fectly healthy." 



A Suffolk Amateur. 

 November 22. 1826. 



