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I have been expecting the second crop of worms to come in con- 

 siderable force ; but the application of paris green was so thorough 

 that not many more worms ma}' appear. Those that I now find 

 are of the second crop, and their appearance has doubtless been 

 dela3'ed b}' late flowering. If the}'' should come in an}' consider- 

 able numbers they will doubtless show themselves within a week. 



I am doubtful as to the best time for you to be here. As the 



eggs of the second crop of worms are now beginning to hatch, it i& 



possible that you may find the eggs and the young worms just at 



the time tiiey were hatched, if you were here now. 



Very truly yours, 



C. Briggs. 



The next letter showed the best of results from the 

 doctor's treatment of his vines, though I do not recommend 

 the method, on general principles. It is simply a note, 

 dated August 9, and says : — 



" The second crop of the vine worm has not appeared, and I do 

 not think it will this season. The paris green seems to have been 

 used very eflTectively." 



Later, under date of September 3, he says : — 



" Did you see in the appendix to 'White's Cranberry Culture, 

 the ' Report of William C. Fish to the Cape Cod Cranberry 

 Growers' Association in 1869?' This report treats of the ' Vine 

 Worm, Fruit Worm, Black Span Worm, and the Cecidomyia or Gall 

 Gnat of the Cranberry.' He says of the eggs of the \ineworm: 

 ' These eggs are a flat, circular scale, of a honey-yellow color, and 

 measure about three one-hundreths of an inch in diameter. It was 

 a common opinion that the eggs were laid in the bud, but I have 

 never been able to find one there, and have yet to meet with a per- 

 son who has found one on that part of the plant. I have seen 

 hundreds of the eggs and never one but it was on the under side 

 of the leaf.' " 



Corresponding later, personally, with Mr. Nathaniel 

 Bobbins of Harwich, I received the following interesting 

 letter : — 



Harwich, August 29, 1883. 

 Mr. W. A. Stearns. 



Dear Sir, — Yours of the twenty-fifth received. I have not been 

 successful with my cranberry crop this year. I flowed my bog the 



