Insects on Fruit Trees.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 144, 23 May 1885, Page 3

Insects on Fruit Trees.

. folibwinjj means of d«'4rpyuig : insect* on fruit trees was. conrniuni--3 -seated- l»y ! a nuteml>ev to the ; S'unta

Cruz, Sentinel, California':-^ ' '"■"Oven , ; tlii ri^,yeaiv, ag;rmy. orchard w*«al jnost ' devoured caterpillars, and one tree especially had not/ia. leufj or byd that could be seen. The tree-hi»d iniliionV ofcfiterpU4arß>)n it, 'It died al| 'right, a'g;J Was sure it would; frbuV the \d&idty;;i^&te^jniiar:-' a ''^()n% ! afcerrioori Ilwred ah»Je m the trunk of. m five anid filled it with snlphur and put; m athin plug, so as to retain the sill pliuri -Next morning at ten o'clock not one cate'rjnilar could be seen on the tr»»e.' '1 ' op^l-ate'd^ on the whole, orcha rd m the same way, and I have not beeui troubled Iwitb the pestn to any extent since. About ten yea 1-3 ago, m the middle of June," one of my neigh.l>ourH remarked . Uiat my grape vines; were dead. We'examined them and fouud a hard, gre«u-shelle(l bug eating the buds as fast as they came to the surface of the bark. The neigh/ .. boitr, assisted me to try, the same remedy as fur the apple tree*. Tliree days wfter my graj»e vines looked quite green and not a bug was to be seen. Now, on Monday morning, 1 tried the. same experiment on (en of my young apple aphis. On Wednes day noon there - was not any to be found. My .lads now going through th? whole orchard fixing al! the trees the same. There may be some people incredujousofthe remedy, but thete are persons who have tried it for Hie caterpillar, and who can vouch for the truth of what I say My trees for years were not troubled with* the pest, and its effect is marvellous. Yet I. cannot say, with many who have tried it, what effect the sulphur m the tree wn have. My process is this— l take a five-eighths' bit and bore to near the centre of the tree, m trees five inches and upwards m diameter, fill tightly with Mulphurand rammer; then plug with a thin piece of b;ißswo< d, so when dampness comes, to it it will eject water by easily swelling. Now, ttutfet ers • y either of tnese pests caii safely try it us ie is sife and sure.'! The experiment being exc.edin»ly simple we hope it ( will l»e tried l.y some of our orchard Ists, and the results made public. We wiiii I*l al«o l-ecbmthendi them to try potash instead of the su'phinv ;+ ±