Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-05-07
:, From the Cleveland Horticultural Magazine.
Ihe CnrcullO and the Peach Tree Worm
IIoLlT SFRINd NURsEEr, Man BIoorrrrLn.)

HOLLY SPRING NURSERY, NEAR Btoovrrrrn }
Nelson county, Kentucky, NAV /. IgA6.
Mn ELLIOTT: II a man does not noss.., =. -,
prehenSivc mind, or loses one between vo,,,L "a
Old age, he may BE- good and clever, bu, No..
can be useful beyond the circle Of common b,,,i'
ness And Il | am lacking from doiage or apv
o'her cause, my unbounded concet can be put 10
ihe test when make the assertion, that can sub.
que the peach worm, and destroy the plum bug.
As much has been written on both subjects, bv
men OF learning and observation, they have oply
gwen me cause 10 believe thar they have passed
round the enemy and only driven in the pioue,
guards, instead of siorming their fortress.
II manhayingyoung peach trees will remoye
the ground early in the spring, and with a wood.
en- paddle scrape about the roots and search for
worms, and then with soft soap, made and kan,
with strong lye, soap the roots well and IN ,be
trunk about six inches, leaving the cavity made
10 remain open several weeks, ana then filled up
with ashes, either leached or unleached, using
enough TO make mound about each tree, there
to remain until late in the fall, and then levelled
down. The second year no soapng will be ne.
cessary, if it was done well the year before
But the ashes put in mound form around The trees,
must be continued.
will now leave the peach worm and pass on
TO that sly "Turk," the curculio, that destroys all
plums when they are let alone.
Lots where swine and poultry can have access
is the proper place 10 plant plum trees, and in
ground moderately hard, plum trees flourish best.
To talk of hogs eating the fallen fruit and des.
roying the bug in that way, is but theory without
evidence TO support il. The most of plums are
punctured when they are about the size of garden
peas, and hogs destroy more Of them by treadinp
than in any other way. But there is a remedy
to save the fruit before the injury is done.
Soon after the trees bloom, the bugs can be
found on the trees ready to commence their work
Of destruction when the plum bursts the blossom
cup; and at that time the fruit being young and
tender, they soon make great havoc. In proper
time make driver about one foot long, three
inches wide, and about one inch trick, and circle
the end to suit the round of a tree, over which
put thick, spongy leather, 10 save the bark of the
tree and limbs from injury; and after preparing
two large white cloths, one for each side of tho
tree, and spreading them on the ground, with my
driver and small malet jar the tree and all the
limbs well, and kill the bugs Immediately. If
this is continued thoroughly, but few bugs can es.
cape yet during the season afterwards all pune.
'uiCu nun SHOutu OO SdAHVlSu anu OuIHcu' IL
lightcns the business for the second year. fnot
done, the worm escapes into the ground, there To
remain until the next spring, when ii rises bug
to commence its depredalions. The victory thus
gained must be continued from year TO year, and
every season the business will become lighter.
A drawing of young plum with the enemy
on it, and semi-circular cut made on the fruit
by the bug, can be seen in A. J. Downing's Book
on Fruits, but the drawing of the plum is too
large, as the most of plums are punctured before
they are one-half inch in diameter, and many of
them before they are half size.
When bugs have gained habitancy and are
very numerous, jarring trees twice day is a ve-
ry good plan, and in a few days their number
will decrease; and the earlier in the season the
business is done, the more efFectual it will be.
Persons seeing this communication, if they
lose their plums hereafter, it will be their own
iauIt' JAMES ALLEN.