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miller appears about the time the berr}' begins to form ; it puoc. 

 tures the berry and lays its eggs under the skin. Flowing in June 

 does not always accomplish the required result, as manj' of the 

 worms turn to the pupa state outside the patt h and are consequently 

 not affected by the water. The vines are retarded by the flowage. 

 It has not been ascertained that the chrysalids are killed by the 

 water." 



Quotation of Twelfth Report Massachusetts Agriculture, 

 1864, p. 157, part I. In an article by F. G. Sanborn of 

 Boston, on " Insects and their Relation to Man," he savs : — 



" A moth, nearly related to the destroyers of our furs and car- 

 pets, deposits her eggs in the calyx or blossom end of the 3'oung 

 apple, about the end of June. The eggs in a few days give birth 

 to small, white caterpillars, with blackish heads, which burrow inta 

 the core, and open a hole on the side through which the}' eject 

 their castings. This injury causes the fruit in about three weeks 

 to become prematurely ripe and fall to the ground ; soon after 

 which the grubs leave it and make their cocoons in crevices of 

 the bark. It has since proved very destructive also to the cran- 

 berry. The moth is described bj^ Mr. Tufts as having the upper 

 wings of a light slate color, crossed by wavy bands of a darker 

 shade ; tovvards the tips of each an oval spot of a burnished copper 

 lustre will be seen ; the feet, antennae, and body beneath are of a 

 light gray ; it expands about three-quarters of an inch." 



Abstract and quotation of Fourteenth Annual Report Mas- 

 sachusetts Agriculture, 1866-67, p. 283, part I. In Geo. 

 A. King's " Culture of the Cranberry," he mentions two 

 worms injurious to the cranberry — a "vine worm " and 

 a " berry worm " : — 



"■ 1. Vine Worm — First presence, the latter part of April, of a 

 small miller. It ' punctures the fruit-bud and laj's its eggs within 

 it ; ' and disappears after about ten days. The larva ' makes 

 its appearance in the bud about the fifteenth da}' of Ma}' ; ' it 

 feeds upon ' the vine and buds,' grows rapidly, and ' comes to 

 maturity in about ten days.' It then ' webs itself up and lies in 

 the chrysalid state for seven days.' The miller then shows itself 

 for ten days, lays its eggs, and disappears as before ' This [second] 

 generation inflicts no material injury upon the vine, and are in 

 comparatively small numbers. Two weeks after the miller disap- 



