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5'ear, losing one season's crop ; sow salt upon bed, five or six 

 bushels to tlie acre. Cranberries growing on or near a salt marsh 

 are best and biggest. Salt, therefore, would not injure the crop if 

 it did not prevent the ravages of the insects." 



Abstract of same Report, p. 247, part II. : — 



"Every 3'ear since 1840 these vines were regularl}' eaten b}- a 

 cranberr}- worm. This worm ma}' be the same, or a species of worm 

 which operated last June on the apple-trees. Some years the vines 

 present to the eye the same appearance as an orchard eaten by the 

 canker-worm. The worms were destroyed b}' keeping them under 

 water from spring till Jul}' 1, 1852. This did not injure the vines.' 



Abstract of Third Annual Report Massachusetts Agricul- 

 ture, 1853, p. 123, part II., under heading "The Vine 

 Worm " : — 



'' So great and fearful are its ravages that vines attacked will, in 

 a night, seem sickl}' and the crop be cut off. It does not attack 

 the growth of the year previous to its coming, but begins from the 

 base of the new growth of the year in which it begins its attacks. 

 It works upward ; seems to settle itself under the young leaves. 

 After feasting on the vine it webs itself up and leaves upon the 

 vine the appearance of ' fire blight.' It appears soon after bl.js- 

 soming ; often attacks certain sections of the cranberry yard, leav- 

 ing others untouched. It is described as an eighth of an inch in 

 length." 



Abstract of Eleventh Annual Report Massachusetts Agric- 

 ulture, 1863, p. 101, part I., " Insects " : — 



" There are two worms, known as the vine worm and the berry 

 worm, injurious to the cranberry. The first is a caterpillar, about 

 half an inch long, with the second probabl}- a circulio. The vine 

 worm destro\'s the leaves and blossoms, consequent!}' the crops. 

 The bogs appear as if they were burnt over. Cyrus Cahoon, 

 Esq., says that if the vines be kept under water till the 25th of 

 May or 1st of June, these pests rarely commit any depredations ; 

 but one-half the bogs in this country cannot be kept flooded till 

 June 1. Dr. Shove of Yarmouth, and Rev. Mr. Myrick, have 

 experimented with decoctions of tobacco, and been partially suc- 

 cessful. Prof. Agassiz suo-ojested building fires at the season when 

 the miller appeared, by night ; it would then fly into them, before 

 la}ing their eggs, and be destroyed. Dr. Shove says that the 



