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INSECTS INFESTING THE a RAPE. 



to be infested. Every alternate row Avas taken up, and fer- 

 tilizers used. The improvement in the appearance and bear- 

 ing of the vines in two years was such that the grower expressed 

 the opinion that liad he known at the time his vines began to 

 deeav, what he has since learned by practical experiments, he 

 might have saved his thirty-four acres of vines dug U]i. and 

 also the loss of three or four years' crop. 



Remedies. — If the vines infested are planted close together, 

 say less than ten feet l)etween the rows, dig out every third 

 row, and use as a fertilizer No. o5. 



CHAPTER CXVI. 



The Cottony Grape Scale. (Cal.) 



(Lecaiiimii riti--<. — Fitch.) 



Synonym. — ( 'orcv'i riti<. — Kirl )y. 



Order, Hemit'tkh.^ : / ,. ., ,, 

 Sub-order, Homopteha :\ 



[Infesting the grape vine ; a scale insect which exudes a 

 white cottony-like secretion in whirh its eggs are concealed.] 



Fig. 1.55. 



Fig. 154. 



