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INSECTS AFFECTING THE STRAWBERRY. 



state is frequently mistaken for that of the Straw- 

 berry Crown-borer — an entirely different species. 



Remedies. — These little insects are difficult to 

 deal with on account of the underground habits of 

 the larva?, and the different times of development of 



Fig. 34. Adnlt of Strawberry Root-worm. Greatly 

 magnified. 



the adults. Professor Forbes recommends spraying 

 or dusting the foliage with Paris green or London 

 purple occasionally, after the fruit is harvested, to 

 destroy the leaf-eating beetles. Badly-infested fields 

 should be plowed up soon after the crop is gathered. 

 Old, unused strawberry fields should not be left as 

 breeding grounds for these and other strawberry pests. 



