Show examine your fruit trees tue TUB thees TREY 3 IT IN convention we are persuaded that more trees die dip of the it zin f s or carelessness of their ow owners ners tl tn from it t other causes united were they gifted with ingues and assembled in in convention wf we think here would be in indignant dimant reni at their untimely lake ott and tile tiie cause of death would almost invariably be laid at the growers door whether such a convention has actually been held or not wo wit do not presume to affirm but we find among our editorial notes reports of speeches paid to hive lieve been delivered at such a tree meeting it seems the tile orchard garden trees took a hint buit from the jointworm joint worm oriu orin convention held sometime this last summer bummer down south which winch they saw raw reported ill iii lii ili the papers and nd thought if the field in ine ineat lne acts ct could muster a gacht gathering ring it was fair for thein them lo 10 bi be up and doing so a meeting was called attina attino atTi at pomo fumu nv logical hall hau to protest against deilly d df deines dening eing ting and to devise ways and means to promote tiie tile longevity of the rach raci race the notes state that the was unusually full and that the natives of the orchard were all astonished at their own strength and numbers the chief speakers were invalid who bore hore in their persons unequivocal evidence of harsh usage and neglect A venerable gentleman by the name of A p ble bie was among among tile tiie first to address the chair there iras was a terr terrible itile itlie stoop in his and a sad crook in ill his limbs occasioned by the tile tit sit teavy avy burdens he had hid borne nis his collar was with holes colfs and little piles of aw dust nv nv about him as if he lie were ivere about to make a nw dust dusl pudding instead ofa ora of a speech yon you see ser gentlemen said iley lied lie lle that if this llad had been held a bille lille later I 1 should inot ot have been here to attend it this tin is is my tast last as av it happens lo 10 be my mv first firt fir t I 1 ax hpak aa ir ui u the horrors of the grave and trost Inere fore foTe that tat tay bordi will be heeded you see nee in n lie lre sire site the arks of fermature per mature age that I 1 am honey honeycombed combed by the borer and am soon to go the may way ay of f all trees I 1 have continued ny my useful labors for rrene frene rations tlona tiona to come had I 1 not riot been ovet liver tasked with burden and had wy wr friends seasonably guarded me iraln irain st my Of nies but dut not a finger did they left to rent the he caterpillar caterpillars from their nest nests oi or to tb save me grom from rom tom the ravages of the cankerworm canker worm year after itter year violence was done to my taste in in dress dreas and instead of the beautiful green I 1 most de sighed in I 1 was forced to put on russa ruest and din ey brown in in inid mid summer gummer the borers seized me by the tile collar and pied pled me with heir their inspru ments of death and not a soul of orthe the bipeds thai that thrived on the fruits fruita of my toil thought it worth while to knock teeth I 1 cannot stand it much longer I 1 move you sir mr that we appoint a committee to draw up a remonstrance remon strange in in view view of our common grievances A short legged gentleman next arose arosa anc ane an was in introduced trad to tile the audience as mr pear S spa dpn e called ailed him a dwart dwarf but he did not relish the naine name and always feigned youngness to ar ac count r fir fyr orthe the lack of length lengh ii in t his 11 tan r his coat coil was wag a pepper erand and salt balt huey hues hue and some sume called railed him asca a ascali seal lj I 1 fallow 11 1 I rise rise said he be to second the motion ot of mi friend mr appl and I 1 do it all tile the more cheerfully beeme bec bee m e I 1 have certain grievances ol 01 my iny own that call for relief it is is enough to bring blight and mildew upon my boda that has hits the tile soul ofa ora pear within him to til be treated rested aa as I 1 am I 1 happen to be a modest lintleman and ind am ain wi hinr to take tike lod gings aings with my country friend mr quince I 1 am treated alt via a person of small smail cons cona quience and nm nin jil jel jammed mined into close enough to t breed ds d siem slem lempers tempers pers of all kinds 0 instead rt of the great ado men make about tir ill blight the only wonder is is that the rare was no not nii nil blighted lanz itne if nr ago apo I 1 am a wonder ti 0 my self sell when I 1 remember the tile usage I 1 have survia ed at first I 1 ws tois overfed over led fed and dosed with seimu innis ants that I 1 might grow rapidly and stratify ry iny owners with wilh a large crop of or fruit my M ni no to harden and tin flit firby killing frost sloughed them orf off every vin win ter the then 11 I 1 began I 1 bear inar and that vas wis w is the end of f my bluffing h effin lf fin I 1 I 1 can now scarce get gel nour our enough to make fruit arld and ns as to making wooi it is ig ns as a new creatie cre atin I 1 am old oid m esy hid bolind and tn to top lop all covered coveted with willi bugs that are sipp sipping sip pint 1 gnp mv iny life 41 nt vot sot one oneff of the abates in whom I 1 havi haw annually feasted lasted with my iny dainta dainties 1 es has had hid th manliness manlin estu to me tile with potash of 01 sodir and alid rout nut ene ent enemies mies I 1 shall go g for the motion mr peach leacil was wason or his feet in in a twinkling and wild that alie ithe grievances grievances grip grif vances presented by tile tiie gen demen that prece preceded ei him were milk and water avater toles hies in in with tle tile tie ahue abue which winch had been heaped d upon him hint if the ageia was wag as not already reidy al already ready pas passed ed he would readily parm par ni as lle ile lie tile john rogers of or his bis race save eave tha film tf in ill ili hiir cast cie parallel the wire wife and child children reli reri hould should have been tortured with wilh him lire litre lai ili c gave gae a hectic c ugh by way nf of and w which aich showed that he lie was nas dealing with reali lies tile the abuse heling benins in in my msp mip t hirth ve we are bred as a eilf fish and the HIP result of this low stile nf is if that hat the honor of or the fairly 1 n 14 4 andt ant every among us gets edilou and dies dips off with chef ihei lows allows when we ive vere nere youna andl and iad lied vi orous con limuli n we could get pet tong lonc along iong with willi am brij giri fan and donold service service our very cardines invoked nef fIeLt and that trea ment haa hai become so chrome chronin that multitudes or ofus us perish unde kiider the regimen yon y m see the worms have ilie antici paled the feast pa t of bp the grave in my iny cese I 1 a an it attacked aboy abna ground and my lifeblood ilfe life blood i i flowing blowin nt through tigh their heir dea den y wo rinds N op opp P t thinks as to ie after alter hese with a 11 slick stack or a it 7 her lie gas was wa taken faken ath a fit rit of ruptured i I 1 blood blond vessels esse esme which broke up the tile tiie meeting eting the tile un covent vent yent ion inn wai was annely andl and the diena diens di ena ens phoil iol aoi was wis on oil clinine irn lin tonica as ve we discovered first time tune ne vit vis visited our own wn garden were the saw daubl piles about our apples applet and quinces wf took a charp pointed knife arid and a piece of wire wire arid a rid were upon track of if these thee animal auz aug auar niri piri 9 ill for their future vs the white livered wretches caught it for oner anfe w 0 o that thit we shall aall have a clean con com conc c erice elloe when wiit wilt n the llie remonstrance of the convention coines colnes to town The tile pears bome tome me of them were wire cov covered preci with willi tile the white scale eale lri iti insects seCts winch which we won gfatter gratter ed wilh with A stron strong decoction I 1 of goft boft soap suds arid and a canse coarse carse brush I 1 tile the peach neach trees WP wi hearted cleaned around the rollar Cl cutting ting Ling out in the wille corma that clustered under the 0 ng zil all m an and und treating trebling the wit wil wili I 1 I 1 a go sz CI verin of wood ashes live v saw in a veri verb ery sli sit oft ost exalia 1 ih that the speakers pea kerti at ahe ithe convent convention lon ion were were mere manifestly mani deatina in in fintel ho he e in their romar tomar kif pos poll readers may find their own gardens in illustration of the same truthfulness at all events it wiil will lie be perfectly site to t examine ine lne your our treis trees without delay di da not let die of oftie neglect glea american agriculturist |