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large, swollen anterior, — a disgusting, ilL-smeUing 

 insect, whicli, when numerous, about the middle 

 of June and again in August, will consume all 

 the tissues of the leaves, stripping the trees en- 

 tirely bare of foliage. Hellebore, mixed in the 

 proportion of one ounce to two gallons of water, 

 and syringed upon the foliage, quickly destroys 

 the slug. Paris-green and kerosene solution 

 would doubtless be equally effectual. 



Grasshoppers sometimes eat the foliage of the 

 pear and are quite troublesome. Paris-green 

 will destroy them. 



Twig Borer and Tu'ig Primers are sometimes 

 found, but seldom cause much injury. The 

 remedy is to burn the twigs as soon as noticed, 

 the egg being laid in tlie twig. 



The round-headed borer, the jflat-headed 

 borer, the oyster-shell louse, the scurvy louse, 

 the fall-web worm, and the codling moth, 

 which have already been described as injuri- 

 ous to the apple, also make their attacks upon 

 the pear. The same remedies may be used as 

 for the apple. The plum curculio also stings 

 the fruit of the pear to some extent. The 

 remedy will be given under the head of the 

 plum. 



