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INSECTS AFFECTING THE GRAPE. 



include insects of varied habits and natural orders. 

 The fruit is sometimes injured by the larva of a 

 small snout-beetle, called the Grape Curculio (Crapon- 

 ius insequlis), and also by a very minute larva that 

 occurs inside the seed, the Grape-seed Maggot (Isosoma 

 vitis). But these insects are seldom really injurious. 



Summary of Treatment. — The grape is subject 

 to attack by so great a variety of insect enemies that 

 it is difficult to give any general directions for the 

 season's treatment. It must largely be regulated 

 according to the insects present. Clean culture, 

 however, is always advisable, as it lessens the oppor- 

 tunities for many species to survive the winter- 

 successfully. 



