Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-01-09
From the MIDnLEsEx GAzErrr.

Complaints In the pait lea(on, have been mad.
that the canker worms which a few years fince.
committed fuch depredations on our orchards, have
again made their appearance, commenced their
deNfuefive career, and threaten fepesitiono of
the calamity formerly inflicted. The apple in
les various ufes is 70 extremely neeeGary and con-
veniens TO every cla(s of citizens in rhe, eommu-
nifty that its pretervation from the Iayages at
theie deyoufing reptiles, is an object OF no imdti
magnitude.
H has been eroptouly imagined that The
eggs, which, in the genial warmth Of ipripg,,
produce fuch intiaite mutiiudrs OF the canker
worm, were depoiited by an infecs in the earth,
under the trees the pEceerding lealon. Hence
many .ablurd & ulcleis methods have been adopted
70 arreR their progrcfss The inGec,s undoubtedly,
dspofs their eggs under the reash bark of the 40.
pie tree, and In detective places in the trunk and
branches, in which petition they are much bcuer
protected from The inclensncy of the lealons, than
they would be In the earth. This idea receives
confirmation from remark frequently made,
when they appeared before, tina, young orchards,
the bark OF whole tees were mooth, elsaped ur-
hurt, Whit Older orchards 10 their vicinity were
Destroyed. Having found the depcdrosi:s OF the
eggs of the!einets;t mfthod IS propoi.
ed for their deafuet,on :Tat@ a hoe ana.icrape off
all the rough bark from the branches and trunks
Of your trees, 10 the fair Of the year, exercil 6
che precaution not TO iniure the live bark, and
the bark thus (craped off, it would be adyifeabIc,.
though not indifpepfby neceaa'y, to remove -
/ This operation will deRtoy goat part osthc
eggs. Inthe following lpneg, before the worms
appear, encircle the trunks OF your trees jult be
low the branches, with,turG or a clod of earth
covered with grafs, an inch and an half or two
ches thick, fecurel in its place by cord, OK
the inner bark of elm, nicely adjufed TO the DO.
dies OF the trees 70 TO leave no panage for the
worms, and cut iqaarc on the under Gd,s in line
perpendicular with the body Of the tee. The
worms which may be Matched below the turf can
never furmount this ooaacic. Many eggs de.
potised above 10 the branches will undoubtedly
have clcaped defrudion from the fra operation
When you have reafon to bellows that the eggs
are all hatched, and before the worms have-d done
much Injury, fend lad up into the trees and let
hun begin az the top and gently sgitate tie limbs
from top to bottom. The worms on hsking
. the branches, will quit their hold, and by a web
of their own (pnning let themielves down to the
ground. They will attempt to re fcend by the
body of the.trec. When they come TO the turf
aud attempt to crawl on che under Ede of the
horizontal plain.whch it prelents, the loofe Par.
ticlcs of earth on which th.y FIX their fangs will
give way, and they will fall back to the ground.
You mutt keep an eye on your trees, ard If it be
fouoa. pecsGafy, repcat the operation of fhaking.
For ioce the iiri}, other eggs, not before hateh.
ed, may have yielded their production, or per.
haps the worms did not at Gra all quit their
hold.
Ii thele directions be welloSfssveds the worms
will inevita bic be defroyed., The labor and ex.
pence in1preferying your orchards from dcafutti-
on will be triAIng, when compared with the OBJ
feet to be at.ained. D.,