 | Samuel Latham Mitchill - 1803 - 508 pages
...origin, progress and nature of the insect, we can explain the effects of my method, which is as follows : In the spring, when the blossoms are out, clear away...dirt, so as to expose the root of the tree, to the deptli of three inches ; surround the tree with straw about three feet long, applied lengthwise, so... | |
 | 1809 - 612 pages
...Jersey prescribes the following method of preserving the peach-trees from the worm that infests them : " In the Spring when the blossoms are out, clear away...dirt, so as to expose the root of the tree to the deptli of three inches ; surround the tree with straw about three feet long, applied length ways, so... | |
 | James Thacher - 1822 - 238 pages
...with cowmanure, rendered adhesive by sand or lime core and ashes, as directed by Forsyth. " Soap suds, heated after a family wash, and poured on the roots...thick, which extends to the bottom of the hole, the butt ends of the straw resting upon the ground at the bottom ; — bind this straw round the tree with... | |
 | James Thacher - 1822 - 238 pages
...eggs, or the young worm. " According to Mr. John Ellis, of New Jersey, the injury arising from jthe worm may be prevented in the following way : " In...thick, which extends to the bottom of the hole, the butt ends of the straw resting upon the ground at the bottom ; — bind this straw round the tree with... | |
 | P. Agricola - 1824 - 230 pages
...progress and nature of the insect, we can explain the effects of my method, which is as follows : — In the spring, when the blossoms are out, clear away the dirt so as to expose the roots of the tree, to the depth of three inches ; surround the tree with straw, about three feet long,... | |
 | 1835 - 526 pages
...generation. Mr. Ellis, of New-Jersey, prevents the injury arising from the worm by the use of rye straw. In the Spring when the blossoms are out, clear away...the tree with straw about three feet long, applied lengthways, so that it may have a covering one inch thick, which extends to the bottom of the hole,... | |
 | Robert Manning - 1838 - 154 pages
...practice to destroy this insect. In the Spring, when the blossoms are out, they clear away the soil, so as to expose the root of the tree, to the depth of three inches ; then surround it with straw about three feet long, applied lengthwise, so that it may have a covering... | |
 | Robert Manning - 1838 - 150 pages
...away the soil, so as to expose the root of the tree, to the depth of three inches ; then surround it with straw about three feet long, applied lengthwise, so that it may hare a covering one inch thick, which extends to the bottom of the hole, the buttends of the straw... | |
 | Francis S. Wiggins - 1840 - 512 pages
...generation. Mr. ELLIS, of New Jersey, prevents the injury arising from the worm by the use of rye straw. In the spring, when the blossoms are out, clear away...the tree with straw about three feet long, applied lengthways, so that it may have a covering one inch thick, which extends to the bottom of the hole,... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - 1842 - 338 pages
...the death of the tree. To guard against this, raise a little hillock in the month of June, round this tree, about a foot high, so as completely to cover...may have a covering one inch thick, which extends to flie bottom of the hole, the but-ends of the straw resting on the ground at the bottom ; bind this... | |
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In the spring, when the blossoms are out, clear away the dirt so as to expose the root of the tree, to the depth of three inches; surround the tree with straw about three feet long, applied lengthwise, so that it may have a covering, one inch thick, which... 