. Injurious insects of the farm and garden. With a chapter on beneficial insects. Insects. Fig. 114.—^PEAOH-BOBEB—KAIM. Fig. 115.—^PHACJH-BORBB—FEMAUB. gularly enough, it causes no exudation of gum ia this, as it does in the Peach Tree. Eemedibs.—As the borer often attacks the young trees in the nursery, all trees before planting should be care- fully examined near the root, and if any are present, they may be readily cut out. In large peach orchards, " worming " is a part of the labor of cultivation. After the harvest, hands are employed to examine every tree for borers, and the mor
. Injurious insects of the farm and garden. With a chapter on beneficial insects. Insects. Fig. 114.—^PEAOH-BOBEB—KAIM. Fig. 115.—^PHACJH-BORBB—FEMAUB. gularly enough, it causes no exudation of gum ia this, as it does in the Peach Tree. Eemedibs.—As the borer often attacks the young trees in the nursery, all trees before planting should be care- fully examined near the root, and if any are present, they may be readily cut out. In large peach orchards, " worming " is a part of the labor of cultivation. After the harvest, hands are employed to examine every tree for borers, and the more careful cultivators examine the trees in the spring also. The eggs are deposited from the middle of June, occasionally until October, at the surface of the ground. The grubs so soon as hatched, bore their way through the bark, and enter the sap- wood. An exudation of gum at the base of the tree, is a sure sign of the presence of the borer. The earth is scraped away from the base of the tree, and a strong knife is used to cut away the dead and diseased bark and wood, and expose the hole; then a flexible probe, one of whale-bone is preferred, is thrust in to crush tlie borer. Sometimes as many as five or six are found in one tree, but all must be killed. After the operation the surface soil is drawn up to the tree to cover the wound. Boiling water applied to the base of the tree has been found use-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Treat, Mary, b. 1835. New York, Orange Judd
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