Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-03-31

81 ,endet sylnpalhies nor war's stern voice
Slrnred the grutle sentiments of mercy
WV couG ~ weeps thee The pTesutIptuous Jay
na'es not intrude where Yet kcsuer anguish
hends The ref heart OF msH, who weeps the more.
On may n nations tears spare some oi hers,
ndtohssyupaihy assuage her sorrow.
As ~ lae midnight watch the hardy seaman
races the lonely deck down his rough cheek
hsalt cousstbe un"onted tear And as as The glow
oi iOhd remembrance rushes ON his soul,
With bOnest PRIDE hr'll muse upon thy deeds,
Aud s.e anew his saul to hardihuod,
- tue bright pattern of DGcArCR's glory.
EqlfiHSre, Mdrch 25ta, 1920.
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FOR THE ENQUIRER.
FGpers communicated Is the agricultural
Socicty IF ABenaris
NO G.-..ON PEaCH-i REES.
iteod Day 10 lSi9l
BremO, May, 1919.
Zine had allotted 10 myself 10 redeem the
pledge. on my part which was mutually given
hy several members OF the society at our last
'ntet,nS, 10 embody such information as each
mighi possess upon certain subJrcIs-must be
my apology tor Oitsting Tie following partial
pc .ioi nance ct that engagement
lui aud c0mpt offensive account of the
oeSt N management Of frat tTees-ihe kinds of
each .necies nov held ia estimation with the
remedies tor The mdlsdies and destroying in
Seci5 10 w!Iich they al. becoming moro aud
more subject; - a desideratum in domestic
ahi rural G'cOnomy, which will not mslead
thr societ! III saying il will ever bV III my pow
er 10 supply. But had il not been for the
cause already assigned I should certainly have
loHched uPOh more branches of this subject
li'Hn O"e. anu not have cOntented myself up
2n tii% one wi!h copying a pa, er which pub
.'hfn some Years ago III naeazine-so lin
lttd however in its circulation in this quarter,
tbat dare say, the information il cont lius
:, IA be new TO nine tPnthS of the me mbers of
tue society. TWAS addressed 10 Doct Mease
4.u.'yr OF the Archives OF Useful knowledge,
Brsnio, FiGrmna Co. "a Nay 1912,
remedy against the insect which depo-
silN It's eggs ia the bark OF The peach tree, has
income an object OF importance in the cuiti-
N"uoh OF inis valuable fruit The peach
tieeS all over Virginia have experienced the
destructive effects Of tIus insect q according
/! N"tious remedies have been tried some Of
Nhich Tor time have promised success, lint
shaiiy issued IN disappointment. The fly LAYS
- eggs ia tie bark Of the tree, inst at tue
.nrtace OF the earth where the rou.her aud
harler bsrk OF the trunk begins to change
10 me softer character OF that which covers
NE foolS-fhis is performed in onr climate
rom TIE middle of July tlro' August and
neptembei -earlyin August. for the most part,
ma the worms have assumed tire chryeaiis
etAie, aud soon after, say 3 or 10 DAYS, are
transformed into flies, when she immediately
Dtsin 10 deposit her eggs, which soon
haichedInto WORMS; aud thus the round of
transformations. common tn the insect tribes,
~ completed. While in the worm state, they
60 Tue mischief by preyiuS Hpon fhe soft in
ner bark which is the medium of circulation
tof he sap thus inierrupting the flow of
me Shp-tle immediate consequence of which
Is. great injury TO the fruit. and finally its des-
ttnciion, with the life of the tree also.
thtnk have discovered remedy for this
lOischleVonS insect III tobacco. As much cur
ca tobacco Is il tied up in bundle for pri-
zlng IsAuticieBt for a tree of moderate size
The tobacco in a moist state, so as to render
u flexible, is bound around the body of the
tIee. Just at the surface at the earth. emcir-
cling tie part where the flies deposit their
;ggS. ihiS PrecautiOn is TO be taken little
hel0fe the Matching OF the flies the middle
OF jaw hDd Ii early enough here. [ do not
attribute the success of this remedy To its COW
efln= the vulnerable part of the tree merely
FOR amiDiormFd IN other parts of the couu-
t'V where common straw and other coverings
nave been used, they have failed. In these
eases the fly gets as close to its favOrite te-
eion as the covering will admit aud finding
some Insure ~ the haik. there deposits its
eggs; but the tobacco which in its essential
qualities Is 30 generally offensive to the Inscc
lr'DcS. Is 30 also, suppose to this destructive
ny thereby preyeHts its approach. BE this
bnweyer as II NAV. | viii 20 Uu to detail my
experience rs 10 th@ tact 1 made my fiji ~
Experiment with tobacco three years past lkis
Summer. corNHcd 10 10 or ~ trees the uext
spring found that the trees still threw our |
gum ii the surface OF the earth, aud arpfes !
bchded my experiment had failed Upon 8, |
We gum llad issued from Ihe old wounds of |
The worms nt tie former year, not yet entirely |
hea'Pd The succeeding sumner extended |
the experiment to all nay Peach trees Of |
fsVorlte selected fruit, consisting ct between
. aud tGO-ond The same result was ob.erV-
90 as ~ the preceding spTing in MANY ca
US gum issuing from tie old wOnnd. bnt no |
y OTnis ~ ANY Instance where The tobacco had
been applied Tie last SUMMER I again an
nited the tobacco upon stiil larger scale. and |
MS spring haze again examined the trees / |
lud that those which have had the benefit of |
Tie TOBACCO application two successive wears.
'ave oil their wound entirely healed. aud IN
Jn Iu'taure lave iOaud the worms 10 have
'Alsied. where the tnhaccO has been used and
Preserved lhro' the period of the existence
Il iic flies"
Since tie above was written have contin-
TED 10 experience uniform success, from the
lse Ut tObaceO aud have now several hundred
oung peach trees, in prIiect htalfh and fuIi
'cHiug-wmch | attribute entirely 90 the use
Z tbat rcniedy--agd aitbO, my neighbours
ompldim that thrir peach trees. are uauy of
dem dead aud alirapidly declining, Know
: no case where Ibis remedy has he en- adost.
d--althO' have taken sOmP trcuble 10 NIKE
known around me. JOHN II. COOKE.
Fe'cr Htlgr, Esq. SPcrctarg
-B-ftcatarat- ~ irig .NLemarJe.
40 7...ON STONE FENCES.
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