INSECTS WHICH DESTROY FRUIT.
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Dir. Tilton says the insect that Injuries and
destroys our apples, pears, peaches and 9TH
er fruits is the curcuio, kind Of beetle.
This insect leaves the ground and erawls up
the tree about the time when they arc in
blossom. AS the fruit advance, the curcu-
lio punctures the skin, and deposits its egg
in the wound. The maggot preys upon the
pulp and juices, until the fruit pcrishcs and
falls to the ground, it then retreats into the
earth, where it remains in form Of a grub
during the winter, and in the spring is chang
ed into bug or beetle. DR.. Titon csti-
mates that one half Of our fruits are destroy
ed by this insect. Various cxpc riments
have been tried eor preserving fruits from
the curculio. Farm yard fowls are great
tlcvourcrs of beetles; and hogs and other
animals by running in orchards and dcvour-
ing the fruit that falls, destroy many Of the
maggots before they escape into the ground
Tar. Turpcntine, ,Camphor, &c. are offensive
to insects, and one gentleman protected his
fruit from the curculio by suspending on each
tree, or 5 little bits of board, about the
size Of case knife, dipped in tar; he renew
cd the application of the tar frequently us
long as the fruit hung on the tree.


HQmh. Gazette.