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Show The TuouBLi-aoME Am,E Woim. We hear quite frequently of tho appearance ap-pearance of an insect which is causing caus-ing somo trouble among the apple trees, and in some instances entirely destroying the crop, - Tho eggs are deposiied in the bud or in the bloasom, and by the time the fruit is as large as a walnut, the germ has developed into a destroying worm, which gnaws at the core ol tho fruit until it drops from the tree. We have heretofore had occasion to refer to the apple worm, and would still urge that it be yiven cIohb scrutiny. It u a very easy matter to determine its presence by culling open one of the withered apples aud examining examin-ing the core, when tho presence ot the worm will easily bo deiccled. As to the present crop of fruit, there is no remedy, for the reason that the egg is covered the moment the blossom closes, and even if it could be reached by the fumes of sulphur, it is not in a state to be destroyed. As soon as the fruit begins to form, the germ begins to batch, and after that there is no way of reaching it. But it any of tho readers of the Chronicle, whoio trees are allected, wish lo get rid of Iho destroyer at all, preventives must bo resorted to at once, otherwise other-wise it will go from bad to worse. Notice carefully the fallen fruit, and the moment the worm is detected. gather it up at fast as it falls from the tree, every day if necessary, and either feed it to Ihe hogs or destroy it in such ft manner that there shall bo no Irace of a worm to grow inlo a moth and again deposit its eggs. It will not bo amiss to give the trees a thorough fumigation with sulphur or tobacco, or both. |