Show Flo i r 1 Peach Tree Borer Does Immense Amount of Harm HarmIt It ft has bas been estimated that the he peachtree peachtree peach peach- tree borer does not less than damage yearly Wherever peaches grow grow In the United States they Uey are subject to the ravages of this Insect The larva or or worm worm does docs its d deadly work underneath the bark of the tree at and and just below the ground line Ime It If tunnels about during the summer Bummer attaining nearl nearly full growth b by late fall tall The worm passes the winter In Inthe Inthe inthe the burrow spinning a cocoon in the spring and changing to a gray steel moth The moth emerges nV out June The females females alm st Immediately Immediate Immediate- ly Iy begin to deposit eggs on the trunk an a w L Lh L mm ground a out the me base 01 of the me Ute tree iree The eggs hatch In about nine days and end the small larvae start to work Into the bark of the tree at the surface of or orthe the ground Up to the present time lime the best method of ot control la Is to cut out the borers twice a year once In the late fall and again In In May Where there are large to lo go over a special knife is made for this work with a hook point about half halt the length of or orthe the point on on ona a pruning knife and with a large wood handle The large handle keeps the hand from ruin getting sore and ond gives bett better Bette r f control of ot the knife In large of hards one man opens up around each ends tree with a round- round nosed long handled shovel sho and the wormers follow up and remove the borers After tho the is done In tn May Mayl the trees should by all means be IDo mound nd ed cd up eight or ten Inches high above the base of ot e each Ch tree This Is a 0 avery avery very pry Important point In the control of ot the mho borer The small larvae In III this tills wa way work Into the body of the peachtree peach peachtree I tree at nt the top of ot the cone of dirt and cnn can be removed remond In the tall tail with half the labor that would be necessary It If the majority were below the surface of at the ground In the fall faU mound up tile the earth parth about the tree to prevent the collection of water and consequent winter Injury It Is just as necessary to remove the borers In a small orchard as la In a large one The proverbial pro short life Ufa of a 11 peach tree Is In many ninny t cases rases ses due to tolie Ih the lie ravages ravage of this borer Sometimes as ninny many ns os f GO 50 0 are ore found In one old tree I When one borer Is found In a n tunnel I It Is U no sign there are not half haIr a dozen more metre In the same tunnel l. l The i t pieces o of bark and bore cutt cuttings should be scraped after tip up after the tree has been wormed By Hy burning this material i t many small worms are ore destroyed whicH would otherwise find their way back Into time the tree I |