Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-07-25
LOWER DELAWARE
AND PENINSULA
Horticultural Society Issues a
Statement Regarding DAM
age to the Peach Trees.

Special Correspondence Every Evening.
Dover. July se.--Bccause OF the pre-
valance OF the peach borcr. which In
damaging many peach trees, the rem
irs,,la horticultural Society has Issued
the following statement:
AT the present time the peach borcr
Is killing more peach trees on the Del
aware and Chesapeake Peninsula than
all other causes combined. There II no
need trr much OF this loss. Tor there
In n remedy. Dr. 7. r. Headlee. OF the
New Jersey Experiment station. at
the meeting Of the society held in
Berlin, Md, stated that one-haf OF tho
peach trees I'm New Jersey over six
years OF age have been treated with
the remedy and the results are very
euccoseful lie quoted NJ length from
T.. H. plakcslcc. Of the United States
Department or Agriculture. who has
been working on this remedy for sew
cral years, and ~ last no discovered
AZ and experimental with IL untit he
Il satisfied that II IL entirely practical
bile. paradlchlOrohcngenc does the trick.
ono of the firms that In making the
material has called Il "paracide.' n
raracile Is a substance specially crys-
talzed Tor the purpose. about Hike
granulated sugar II slowly Ia con
verified into gas. and the gas is poison
ous TO peach borers. but not 10 human
beings. This material "a placed In a
circla around tho trees about, two
inches from them and about an inch
or two IN width. An ounce 10 a
treo IL enough. Tho best time In THE
latitude Ia about September 10. II will
not DO 10 uSe on trece less than six
years OF age. when peach orchard
~ set out great care should hc taken
that the trees contain no peach borcrs
They should be- examined very care
fully To- Gee that the horers are remov-
ed. and they should be wurmcd every
year until they are az least Ave years
old. They should then have the para
eide application every year thereafter
The whole work could boz done for
not much more than three cents per
year per tree
The New Jeraey Bulletin gives the
following method Of procedure
Prepare the trees for application OF
the material by removing with a hoo
ANf Nffh~s ltaNRf4, gNNuts. BUCKS. ftt.
from about the base OF the trunk IN
other words make smooth. Hat. clear
space six to twelve inches wide about
the tree coil level Do not dig into the
surface eoil any more than ia neces
sary. In case a large amount " gun
g. present about the tree remove II
II seems 20 be advisable TO applN
paradiChlorohenzene a. a point leve
with or about the highest infeeta tlor
on the tree II ono wishes to X Il al
OF the larvae However. recent expert
ments show that this In not so import
Ant. provided a sufficient amount G.
dirt IL Piled hirh above the CryetaA
and tho larvae within the tree. TIL,
crystals should be evenly distribute,
IN continuous narrow. circular han,
two Inches from the tree DO not plac,
crystals against the trunk. for seriou
INJURY may result Material place,
four 10 six inchee from the tree ha
HiNen' fairly satisfactory results. PRO
Nided the sol Is dry and plenty q
dirt W placed above the CRYSTALS. Az
ter the material r. In ring aroun,
the tree piece several ehovels OF dir
Uour 20 siN) free from weeds Jyra ~
eticke. stones. etc. over the crystal
and compact Il with a shovel. a no
OF otherwise. The frst shovel ~ div
placed above the death ring Shout
be fine and carefully placed on to
OF the crystals