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Show (FIGHTING PEACH TREE BORER I How This rest of ths Orchard Ma; V De Kept from Doing His Ds-. stxuctlvs Work. " Oieof Iho best preventives to krej. the moth from laying egg for (lit peach tree boro Is lo draw away Hit earth tn tho full down la Iho crown ol the roots and cost the stem to ono fool nbovo ground with n thick coal of lln teed oil nnd whlto Iryid, without nn) turpentine nt all Hut even when tills Is done there will bo found occasional borers Therefore, now la the limn Ic look over the orchard, und wherever n gummy oiudatlon Is seen at tho base of a tree Iho Uirer Is at work nnd should lie cut out at onre and nil the damaged bark anil gum removed. Ile-peat Ile-peat the examination Into In summer and ou can keep tho orchard fairly free from the borers. The next thing In tho bearing peach orchard will be tho fight against the riirculln which cnuso iho fruit to bo wormy. No nmoiint of spraying will do much for this sucker, fur he Is not eating Iho poison. Tho only way lo right him Is to hnva a broad apparatus like nn Inverted In-verted umbrella made with n light frame covered with cotton cloth. A silt on ono side admits It round the tree, and then n Jarring of tho troo will cause the bitten fruit and the hugs lo fall Into the receptacle, I lie curcullo will not attempt to fly, hut will feign death, Then turn tho con tents Into ft pan of water on which tome keroseno lias been poured, to kill the Insects. This Jarring must ho kept up at Intervals until tho frull Is more than halt grown If you vwinl to mold worm) peaches. Jarring ofl tho bitten fruit will only mnko the re malndcr better and the crop will not be reduced, for tho trees usually over-bear. |