The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-05-16
agrtrulturdl.
Destroying the Borers.
From the \ Acriculturalist.

Mr. u. W. liarman. OF bennington. VT,
sends us the following Valuable details of his
observations and practice:
Various species of trees. both fruit and or
namcntal. are subject to the attacks of grub
worms. which either kill. or seriously iniurc
them. Among these worms are included
the Ipj,ir and PD". Eo,tt<. the H,1h au,
HHm Ho,rx.
The -Ipi'ic Ernr. as usually observed in
this vicinity. in the trunks of the Apple
Ounce and Mountain l>h trees. is white.
1e>hy grub. with tlattcncd body and large
dark head. which generally enters the tree at.
OF near the collar. just at the >uI,.!cc OF the
ground. where the bark is tender. and work
ing longitudinal,. at first. III the bark and
rev wood. eventually pcrtorate> the tree to
the extent of many inches up and down. or
through the stem. d;tiu>ing a poi>unoI!> prop
lrtE, and causing its death. This grub is the
laNr Of Il brown and whit,->,riprd beetle.
half an inch long; and it remains in dis
grub state two or three Years. coming ont OF
the tree in a butterfly torM. early in June,
flying in tn Night only. from tree to tree. af-
tcr its taod. and tinal, drpy>iti"g it. c@gS
during th:> and the next moath j" the collar
Of the tree.
The PEN Eorcs. in appearance, is nlu.!F
Identical with the .lppl,. Bo.cr perhaps,
same INSECT, bit i> essentially different in
.'"'.r %. ".'..'-'t ..i..;i i, iN..e.-r> /"
III !.'fh ana SOFT N""d. am. MoIM- Iii Z.
cfooh'd o. H--zt% course around the >'>.i.
C''ji.S a thanr. tli"' c"mll' ,v! arrests H."
/ .wuy..rt, H,N If fl. >;.b
i4r i"." and i3an' Eo"'.# ave more
round oHd i,,>.iE imam t:.1 lo""er tNo. and
make '-.ir loa&s mrnt m I'll. collier oi tn,
"cr illf 1t i III rcisrc"c2 to he Apple
1'd Fear i'":tr> th"t would E"rc P@ueH-
I'riN ~prl>.
10 md my orchard "itlo>' :mri"rdh;c cAc-
r..~' rcPHr +" N trees aha"; IT,, l'.A 81
August "''" Nn''!I..@ upon the -r",iht, with
4 -,,.',,i ''"Tvl. '@'A.'r inc sal for i-"
I'cir> arouA" the stem. u the depth OF three
/" six inchc>. " TN tic back "i my NIiIr,
.crapo the uncovered stem thoroughly. press
!nS upon every part OF It, "nd >eN1:d inches
''Ho'e llit c"!N'f' i"">>'fe myself "f It's sound
ness ana II any !iclIinS under the pressure
"i 'Ao Aliy Is observed. explore 10Y the
cause "hlch GrnrratlN proves TO be Eo.'t|.
cut away the dead bark. and r'inoNc eli the
rh'PS lett by the bor"r sometimes following
with chl>rl and mal!et SIX or eight inches. un-
I'll ind 1t. and having Killed the insect
carefully clean out the whole wound made by
IL III the tEcc. taxing care not to enlarge 1t
len or fl'r'n %rui'> are sometimes found IN
a single tree Having completed the exam
natIon. rep lace the soil. covering with il il
possible. all thc wounds upon lhc stem. IN
April repeat the examination. to Kill such
OF The insects as may have escaped the form
cf. IN average OF forty minutes to each
tree Is conS'nnc'! lii the two examinations.
\anous eXSp"'llcnt$ had bcrn adopted tc
prevent the beetle laying It's eggs upon the
trees. some OF them partially successful. but
none completely so until an experiment
which tried last season.
During the last week in May, | removed
the soil from around the stems Of my apple
pear and ounce trees to the depth Of two o,
three inches, | then wound around eacl
tree Il large newspaper. placing the lowei
edge at the bottom OF the cavity and extend
ing upwards the full leugth Of the hcpapcr,tyin-
the paper at the bottom and top firmly viii
tWinc. and loosely in two places between