104 TREATISE ON THE CULTURE, &c. 



bean-stalks should be hung up some time before the bushes are 

 covered with mats or nets. If proper attention be not paid to 

 this, the fruit will generally suiFer very much from these insects. 

 After the bushes are covered, take the mats oif once in three 

 or four days, and kill the ear-wigs that have got into the bean- 

 stalks, which it will be necessary still to keep hung up. As 

 there is a sweetness in the inside of bean-stalks, which attracts 

 the ear-wigs they very readily take shelter in them from rain. 



By paying proper attention to the foregoing directions, 

 you will be able to keep these destructive insects under, and pre- 

 serve the greater part of the fruit. 



Be particularly careful to pull up all suckers at the roots 

 of the trees, and keep them as clean as possible ; otherwise 

 the suckers will prevent the sun and air from penetrating to the 

 roots, and greatly weaken the trees. 



What has been said above will, I hope, be sufficient to di- 

 rect those who are fond of cultivating this valuable and useful 

 fruit. 



Currants are very liable to be infested with aphides and 

 other insects, which shall be taken notice of in another place. 



