83 Of the Dife afes and 
by digging, or conftantly applying Vegeta¬ 
bles at the Roots of your Fruit-trees, or 
by keeping Swine in your Orchard, may 
may be prevented. The fame allb may, in 
fome meafure, be rubbed off with a Hair- 
eloath after Rain. 
Fruit buffers much from Snails, which 
. s ‘ are to be taken oft in moift weather, mor¬ 
nings and evenings; but mod: to be deftroy- 
ed in the Winter, by Boards, Tiles, orfuch- 
like, fet hollow again if Walls, Pales, or 
the Stems of Trees, under which they will 
refort for flicker; whence you may take 
them by heaps. 
Cater pit- Peftroy the Webs or breed of Cater- 
P-rs. pillars in the Spring, and burning them. 
Birds. Although the Birds deftroy much Fruit 
when ripe, and are to be feared away and 
deftroyed, as every one knows, yet they 
do not that injury as the Bulfinch doth at 
the Spring to the Buds of feveral forts of 
Trees, as the Sired Apple-tree , all forts of 
Plums, Currants, See. which by Birdlime 
are taken, and your Trees fecured, or elfe 
deterr’d by a dry Hawk perching in the 
midffc of the Tree; or by ftrowing of Hemp- 
feed on the ground near the Trees, which 
will allure the birds down, where by a 
draw-net, or by (hot, you may di£ 
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