This section is from the book "The Gardener V3", by William Thomson. Also available from Amazon: The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener.
A Paris correspondent informs us "that the insect is spreading in all the wine-growing countries; no remedy discovered." It seems as if the prediction of Mr David Thomson, editor of 'The Gardener,' was coming to pass. Five years ago he wrote to the French Minister of the Interior, stating that going by his own experience of the insect, he believed that the only remedy was to grub the infected vineyards. Five hundred thousand acres have been already grubbed. We have since received confirmation of the reports as to Portugal and the island of Madeira from Messrs Page & Sandeman, Pall Mall. - Maidstone and Kentish Journal.
 
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