10 FRUIT GARDEN. 
Red Rareripe, Noblesse, 
Lemon Cling, Royal George, 
Madeleine de Courson, Tippecanoe, ; 
Malta, Incomparable Admirable. 
Rareripe, 
Enemies of the Peach-Tree.—The chief of these in the 
United States are, first, the Yellows, to which we have re- 
ferred, and ascribed to.some uncongeniality of soil to the tree, 
as well as to exhaustion, where there is not sufficient fertil- 
ity; and, secondly, the peach-worm which excavates the bark, 
so as often to girdle the tree immediately below the crown 
of the root. Its presence may always be known by a mass 
of gum, which exudes from the wounds, and a portion of 
which pushes itself a little above the surface of the ground. 
The worm, which is of a yellowish-white color, grows to 
the size of an inch in length, is very voracious, and the 
product of a four-winged long-shaped fly, with dark steel- 
blue wings, and yellow bands about the body. It is a 
species of Algeria, called by Say, who has described it, 
exigiosa, or the destructive, and its eggs are deposited 
during the summer upon the outer surface of the tree, near 
the root. As soon as these hatch, the minute maggot-like 
larva penetrate the bark, and begin their work of destruc- 
tion, which increases with their size. They live in this 
way about a year, when they cut out and enter their 
chrysalis state, between the tree and the earth, covered 
with the gum which bulges out from the base of the tree. 
After lying here a little while, they come forth in a new 
form of winged insects, and are soon busy in depositing a 
new crop of eggs for the production of more extensive 
destruction. A particular description of this insect and 
its habits may be found in the Farmers’ and Planters’ 
Encyclopedia, under the head “ Peach.” Putting a quart 
