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Extract from Mr Wm Shaws communication to the 
New York Agricultural Society respecting Peach trees Feb 2 1824

1. The fly deposits eggs in July & Aug on the gum which is produced
by wounds by tools, wind, rotting & ca [et cetera]

2. The worm when young is protected by & feeds on the Gum

3. He denies the fact of the fly depositing its eggs in the fissures
of the Bark.

4. The remedy is to clean away the Gum wherever to be found
then wash the part with white turpentine & Burgundy pitch
melted together & applied with a woolen rag on a stick in a 
warm state.

5. The latter end of July is the proper time to search the roots.
after cleaning them from the worms, wash the wounds with
the above mixture and fill up the space with slacked
lime or wood ashes.

6. Peach trees should be headed down in the Spring after the 
Fall in which they are planted, about 5 feet in height with
three of four branches left as near the top as possible.

7. The fruit is produced on the shoot of the preceding year.

8. [Male] fruit not liable to be shaken by wind is not affected
by Gum - therefore not by worms.

9. Suspects the large worms under the Roots are more than
one year old  - Quere 

        