Insects injurious to fruits . be so, its ravages may be prevented by grafting other vines onroots of the Scuppernong. When it has been ascertained thatthe borers are at work on a vine, the earth should be clearedaway from above the roots and the invaders searched for anddestroyed; hot water applied about the roots is said to killthem. As a preventive measure, mounding the vines, asrecommended for peach-trees, under the head of tiie peach-tree borer, No. 97, would probably be beneficial. No. 125.—The Grape Phylloxera. Phylloxera vastatrix Planchon. This tiny foe to the grape-vine has attained g
Insects injurious to fruits . be so, its ravages may be prevented by grafting other vines onroots of the Scuppernong. When it has been ascertained thatthe borers are at work on a vine, the earth should be clearedaway from above the roots and the invaders searched for anddestroyed; hot water applied about the roots is said to killthem. As a preventive measure, mounding the vines, asrecommended for peach-trees, under the head of tiie peach-tree borer, No. 97, would probably be beneficial. No. 125.—The Grape Phylloxera. Phylloxera vastatrix Planchon. This tiny foe to the grape-vine has attained great celebrityduring the past few years, and much attention has been paidto the study of its life-history and habits, in the hope ofdevising some practical measures for its extermination. Thedestruction it has occasioned in France has been so great thatit has become a national calamity, which the government hasappointed special agents to inquire into; large sums of moneyhave also been offered as prizes to be given to any on
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