Show f horticultural points PREVENT INJURY BY BORERS soap wash applied to every part of tree Is recommended as superior to spraying there are two borers which work on arris apple trees t the lie headed appletree borer and the flat headed horer borer they are quite common oil and not liot many v orchards are arc free atee front from them thein the flat headed borer makes a tunnel between ill die e bark and tile the sapwood sap wood and in young orchards the trees tire lire frequently y completely gl idled the borer Is perhaps the tio most common the young larvae bores through the bark and for a time works just under tile balk baik after a year it if they are undisturbed they work clear into the hearts these borers work in trees from two to three years constantly making a larger tunnel trees should be examined during the fall and again during the spring for humming gumming or excreta the gum should be cleared away and then use a knife rather sparingly and ant never eat cut crosswise of the grain of the alie wood there are no sprays or washes sate safe to use which will kill the borers lh in the apple trees but a good soap wash applied to every part of the trunk of tree will prevent the adults from laying eggs on the trees and prevent the larvae from boring in the trees A i 9 good wash Is made as follows one gallon soft soap one gallon hot water and one halt half pound eur carbolic bolle add acid this should bo be stirred thi thiro roughly and after 24 hours diluted with 30 gallons of water and applied as a wash some make a stronger sti solution aby doubling the he amount of car carbolic bolle acid the eggs of these borers are laid during june and july so it Is important that the wash be applied in time to prevent the females from laying eggs on the trees there tire other borers which work on claerr clieny and reach peach trees these cherrytree cherry tree borers may be controlled in same manner as the appletree apple tree borer these borers do not usually become very ery numerous but while they are working they do considerable damage and some check should be put upon their work the peachtree peach tree borer mav lie controlled by spraying with round headed appletree apple tree borer work ing in young service tree lime sulphur just as the buds begin to swell snell the currant bush borer is controlled by cutting out and burning theold the old infested stems in may the 1 raspberry asp berry cane cade borer way may be dealt with by cutting out and destroying infested cones canes or shoots along toward the lasof last CS june |