exitiosa

Updated: June 6, 2025

If a tree is affected generally, dig it out by the roots and burn it at once; if only a branch shows evidence of the malady, cut it off well back, and commit it to the flames. The only remedy is to propagate from trees in sound health and vigor. Like the apple, the peach-tree is everywhere subject to injury from a borer, named "exitiosa, or the destructive."

Edward Payson Roe - The Home Acre