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At any rate finer fruit will be produced, and 
it will afford a much better opportunity for the 
eradication of all kinds of vermin the plant is liable 
to be infested with. Here I may also further add, 
that where trees have become much injured and 
retarded in their growth by those obtrusive animals, 
it would be adviseable to cut the whole tree down 
to a certain height of the trmik. The compost, 
as is directed for diseases and amputations, must 
necessarily be applied; the tree will, in the sprang, 
push out fine healthy branches or shoots, and in 
three or four years become fiire beai’ing trees, pro- 
viding all is well at the roots. 
As it is the opinion of many that nothing will 
destroy this great enemy of the apple without 
proving pernicious to the tree, 1 would respect- 
fully entreat those who may try the effects of the 
above operation, for their satisfaction, to give 
it a patient and just examination, and the efficacy of 
the preparation will easily be ascertained. By it 
the dead insects ai'e turned quite brown, and in the 
course of one day will be found shrivelled, and in 
two or tlu’ee days more, if the weather proves dry, 
they will be little more than skins, while those 
that are living will be covered, or nearly so, with 
the white down as before-mentioned. If even 
a few escape destruction, so rapid is their increase, 
that it is not at all unlikely for those that are 
not strict in their observations, may conclude that 
the preparation is ineffectual, for the tree will 
soon again be furnished with those cotton-like 
locks. 
