Edgefield Advertiser

REMEDY FOR PEACH BORERS.—Take about half a pint of common salt, and set it up in a small bag of strong cotton cloth, such as common osnaburg will answer all purposes; tie this in the fork of the tree where let it remain until the salt is dissolved by the rains that fall, which will be in the course of two years, and the work is done. The brine that runs down the trunk of the trees will kill both worms and eggs as they are deposited; besides it proves a benefit to the tree. Should there have accumulated a hardening of gum at the surface of the ground, as is sometimes the case, it should be removed so that the solution may reach the worms. It is equally as applicable for the apple tree borer and aphis at the roots.—Cor. Gardener's Monthly.