A peachgrower in America has completely cleared his trees of aphidos in the following mannor:—During Juno he bared the roots for a distance of a foot around tho stem, and poured on a gallon to a gallon anil a-half (according to tho size of each troo) of a mixture of lozof bluestone (copper sulphate) and one quart of urine (chamber lye) to each gallon of water, He also washed tho stems and lower branches of the trees with the mixture, using a whitewash brush.
It is said that primroses are excellent) in salad. Cowslip flowers fermented with sugar form a domestic wino, and are also used for a balsamic drink, known as " paigle tea." The dried blossoms communicate an aromatic fragrance to home-made wines, roiombling Muscatel,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10100, 8 April 1896, Page 5
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