Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-07-25
HOW TO KILL
Peach BORE
Wesley Webb Tells of
Method To Destroy
This Pest
DOES GREAT DAMAGE
TO PEACH ORCHARDS
Special to The Evenlng Journal.

Special to The Evening Journal.
DOVER. July 25.-Because Of the
prevalence OF the peach borer which
is damaging many peach trees. the
Peninsula Horticultural Society
through its secretary. Wesley Webb,
has issued the following statement
relative TO the borer and the rem
edy: Secretary Webb says;
Sat the present time the peach
borer is killing more peach trees
on the Delaware and Chesapeake
Pen. nsula than all other causes
combined. There is no need for
much of this loss for there is a
remedy. DR.. J. T. Headlee. OF the
New Jersey Experiment Station al
the meeting OF the Society held in
Berlin last winter stated that one
half of the peach trees in New Jer-
sey over six years of age have been
treated with the remedy and the
results are very successful. He
quoted at length from r. b. Blakes-
lee OF the U. 5. Department of Agri-
culture who has been working on
this remedy for several years and
at last he discovered II and ex-
perimented with il until he is salts
fed that il is entirely practicable.
"Paradichlorobenzen does the
trick. One of the firms that is
making the material has called 1t
"Paracide." a shorter name and one
easily remembered. Paracide is a
substance specially crystallzed for
the purpose about like granulated
sugar. II slowly is converted into
gas and the gas is poisonous to
peach borers but not to human be-
ings. This material is placed in a
circle around the trees about two
inches from them, and about an
inch or two in width. An ounce TO
stree is enough. The best time in
this latitude is about the tenth OF
September. II will not do to use ep
trees less than six years OF age.
when a peach orchard is set out |
great care should be taken that the |
trees contain no peach borers. They /
should be examined very carefully /
to see that the borers are removed I
and they should be wormed every
year until they are at least five
years old. They should then hav.
he Paracide application every year
hereafter. The whole work could
be done for not much more than
hree cents per year per tree.
The New Jersey Bulletin gives
he following method of procedures:
Prepare the trees for application Of
he soaafeffa1 h,r rar,o,.f,,n. ,.-f+t. . -. I
he weeds. leaves. stones, sticks,
ETC, from about the base OF the
trunk. In other words. make a
smooth, fiat. clear space six to
twelve inches wide about the tree ]
at soil level. Do not dig into the |
surface soil any more than is nee !
essary. In case a large amount OF |
gum is present about the tree, re-
move 1t. II seems to be advisable |
to apply Observation-Disclosures at a
point level with or about the high 4
est infestation on the tree If one |
wishes TO kill all of the larvae. How I
'ver. recent experiments show tnat
his is rot so important. provided
efficient amount OF dirt is piled
Ugh above the crystals and the lar
-ae within the tree
1.-THE crystals should be evenly
in continuous narrow.
'frcular band two inches from the
rec. Do not place crystals against
he trunk. for serious injury may
result. Material placed four to six
inches from the tree has given
iairly satisfactory results provided
The soil is dry and plenty Of dirt
IS placed above the crystals.
NAfter the material is in a ring
around the tree. place several
shovels OF dirt -four or six) free
rom weeds, grass, sticks. stones.
stc.. over the crystals and compact
I with shovel, hoe or otherwise.
The first shovel OF dirt placed above
he death ring should be fine and
'arefuliy placed on top of the