American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-08-27
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From the ". 7, Daily advertiser.
PEACH. TREES.


We believe it is generally admitted that the Peach
is one OF the best fruits that country produces
In former years the peach was produced in great
plenty IN some of the northern sates and it is but
lew years since that markets were plentifuIly
supplied and IN great variety. by those which were
raised III the vicinity of this city. From some cause
most OF the trees in this part OF the country have
persisted and tor some time past we have been in
debted Tor supply OF peaches to Pennsylvania and
Maryland.
II appears from an article in a southern paper
that the preservation of the Peach Tree has excl.
ted the attention of Agricuur alss, and caused an
inquiry into the nature of the tree, and the name
in which it should be treated in order to preserve
1t Three causes OF its destruction are set forth
the first Is the Fly, secondly the breaking of the
limbs, which Causes it to decay-and thirdly the
wounds it receives by the bursting Of tie bark from
severe tross in winter. and The injury Of INSECTS
The most general cause of decay is attributed to a
worm which originates from large fly resembling
la common wasp. This fly is said to perforate the
bark generally near the surface of the earth. where
1t is SOFT and deposit an egg. which is done from
the middle OF jelly, through Aug. and Sept In
August the worms assume the chrysalis state, and
in or 10 days transformed into flies when they
deposit, and in this way round of Transformation
is kept up to prey upon the trees 1t is in the worm
state that The mischief is dope the amin al flying
upon the soft inner bark, the circulation of the sap
is in consequence destroyed, and the tree eventually
dies. Gum issuing OF the tree near the surface
of the ground is said to be sure sign that there
are worms under the bark.
'ir faton, OF Delaware, says the Peach tree
should always be planted shallow, with the soil raj
sed about 1.-The recommends Forsythe's method oil
heading down the tree year or two after planting,
ard recommends tilling the ground in orchards for
some years after setting them OUT, to ensure their
rapid growth. Among the causes of the death OF
the Peach tree, he me Dtons little beetle called
curculio, about the size OF pea bug, which pune
lures the fruit and it fall off before it is
ripe. He recommends that hogs should be suffer
ed to go at large in orchards, who eat all the fruit
that FALLS and thus destroy the insects in this fruit
in their embryo state. The practice he has pursued
is TO draw the dirt from the of the tree in the
FALL and pour boiling wafer the root and in the
Spring to return the earth to the tree in form of a
hill. This practice destroys the wasplike insect
which pertorates the bark near the surface Rich
ard refers, of Pennsylvania, states that the worm
which is deposited by the wasp in the soft bark
near the groLnd, is the most common destroyer oil
the Peach tree He says, that after July the wasp
ceases to pierce the bark and make its deposits In
Aug. and Sept he removes the earth few inches
round the tree and pours quantity of boiling soap
suds or hot water, beginning about foot above the
5rounu, WHICH Kills. tnt eRP OF worm LOGGED IN the
tender bark. He also bares his at the roots
and exposes them to the winter practice which
he has followed for 10 or 10 years, and although he
has lost several in this way still prefers to any
other treatment.-WheD trees become sickly they
are taken up to prevent them affecting healthy ones
near them by some morbid effluvia HIM. Cor, OF
Burlington, New Jersey, searches his trees at the
root, the last of July and Sept and on the LIST Oct
"Opens the ground around the roots so as to leave
small basin which the ice and snow fill up in the
winter, and effectually kill the worms He recon-
mends close pruning in the Peach tree. john N
Cook, of Va states he has successfully used tobac-
leo in the preservation OF his Peach trees From
four to six leaves is sufficient for tree which is
bound round the body Of the tree Just at the sur
face of the earth, encrcing the part where the fly
makes its deposit. The precsution must be taken
before Matching, and should not be postponed later
than the first of July. He also recommends the
use of tobacco stalks to be thrown round the roots
of fruit trees.
If the above remedies should save single tree
of SO fine fruit as the Peach, we shall be amply
paid for our trouble in condensing this article
The american Farmer says make boxes around
your peach trees about one loot in height, and in
capacity, exclusive of the tree, to hold peck, fill
this in with the bark taken from tan watts pressing
it little together, and your trees will remain free
from worms around the roots, which are SO dsstrus-