The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-06-28
DESPORTEiS 6. WILLIAMS.
TER .HS-iH ADVANCE.
The Peach Borcr Remedy.

The Peach Borcr-A Remedy.
Mr.. Fulton, author Of a work on
Peach culture, in his chapter on in
sets, truly says:
The Horer (Eycria cxitiosa), is
the most common, as it is the most
troublesome enemy Of tho peach
II "But it must be destroyed
at all events. There must be no
truce, no mercy, if you wish to save
yonr trees. II you leave even one, it
will probably be the death of your
tree for it will eat, and eat away,
until it will destroy it, The greatest
care should be taken to remove all.
Sometimes quite number will be
found in ono trco. Five aud six are
not at all unfrcquent, and even moro
will sometimes be found" Then fol-
lows 4 description Of the methods Of
destroying tho borer. The fist ana
second years after planting my orch
ard, the borcrs were quite trouble
some, and fought thcm with the
knife and wire, but still lost about
one-tcnth or my trees, and more were
badly damaged. | then tried coal tar
thickencd with wood ashes, to the
consistency Of paint or cream, aud APP
piled with paint brush around the
base Of each tree, to tho height Of six
or eight inches. This did not kill she
the worms that were already in tho
trees, but was quite useful in prcvcn-
ting tho moths from dcposi,ing their
eggs, if tho application WAS made
early in June, or jnst before they
commenced their mischief; but the re-
mcdy was not complete ely effective,
because the growth of the trees being
quite rapid in summer, the outer bai k
would expand aud form little iissuI cs,
in which the insect could deposit its
eggs during July and August, safe Fl ON
the effects Of the coal tar; and even
SECOND application would not reach
them all. This remedy is also ohjcc-
tionh bic as being sometimes injurious
to the bark Of young trees, ut least, in
hot weather. Incxt tried the appli-
cation oftarcd rooiing-paper, in the
form Of collars fastened around tho
base Of the trees, and found th,se
quite effective and cheap but rcquir-
ing good deal Of care in application
| therefore abandoned tins method
for the much better one which am
about to describe.
Having read the circular Of McSsrs.
Bnchan 4 Co., vt New York, de>cr,b-
ing the effects uf their carhuli4 soap
aa al insect destroyer, scat aaa pso
CURED lot Of that article for cx.
pertinent, and after two years oft,iuI,
l feel quito safe in recon mending its
usc as The cheapest aud best mcihod
yet found for the prevention Of injury
by tho peach horcr. I presume it
will prove equally effective for tho
apple borer, but have not az yet
triod it for the purposc) My meth d
OF using thi. remedy is as follows !:
TaAc five pound can OF soap Costing
only ~. and turn it into n barrel one.
third tull Of hot water stir it occa-
sionally and let stand fur few hours,
or over night, for the soap to Dissolve /;
then fill up the barrel with cold wa
tcr-or ] sometimes uso soapsuds
from the ki,chin for that purpose
Tho liquid is now fit for use. 1t is
Of" milky appearance, and pungcnt,
but not offensive odor. IL is
too strong for using on plants, but
will not hurt ,hc bark or wood of the
trees. Applied with paint brush
around the base of trees, taking care
to have the liquid enter all creviccs,
it immediately destroys all the insect
eggs that have been dcnositcd, and
any young worms which have not
penetrated farther than the bar, and
believe that for some weeks, at least,
unless heavy rains occur, the odor pre-
vents tho moths from depositing
eggs. at first thought that, for this
purpose second application Of the
liquid might he necessary but my
experience, the past season, has con.
vlnced mo that one application in
duly, or early IN August. is sufficient
The barrel described, is enough for
thousand trees Of bearing size, and
an active lad can do the work in two
days, if the orchard il in fair con.
dition. But ii many weeds are in the
way, will be necessary to first clear
the surface around the stems Of the
trees, with hoe. Tho average ex.
pcase of this remcdy is not over five
d1llars per year for a thousan" trees,
or less than one.tonr,h that Of he old
method Of killing the worms by hand
latter they had done much mi. chief y
and th2n, 'on, tho method is vastly
more effective.
Funeral OF Hon. c. b. vallandigham--