119 
Water is also universally recommended for 
their destruction, but only proves a preventative, 
while the greatest portion of wet remains ; it is 
therefore unnecessary to apply more than what is 
wanted to encourage vegetation. 
Aphides. — Some species of the Aphides oc- 
casionally attack the young- shoots and foliage of 
the Grape Vine, but not commonly. 
For their Destruction. — Apply the 
Mixture as recommended for Peaches, or fumigate 
the house with tobacco. See directions for Peach 
houses. 
Thrips. — The Thrips also will sometimes be 
found to attack the Vine. Let the same means 
be used as directed for Red Spider. 
The fruit, when ripening and ripe, will fre- 
quently be much annoyed by. Wasps and Flies. 
At such times the fruit should be covered with 
bags of a proper size, made of canvass, or a still 
finer and opener article, called foundation muslin, 
will be preferable, on account of its affording a 
more free circulation of air to the fruit. Bottles 
must also be hung up half filled with beer, 
sweetened with common sugar or treacle, which 
will be preferable to finer sugai-, as the scent is 
stronger, to decoy them in. The medicine bot- 
tles should be washed before put to use, as the 
scent of the medicine, in most cases, would pre- 
vent them from entering the bottles. Care 
must be taken frequently to empty the bottles. 
