WORK WITH THE CABBAGE MAGGOT 

 DURING 1907 AND 1908. 



SUMMARY, 1907. 



The best results were obtained by treating cauliflower by the 

 method given below. It certainly is an available remedy for a 

 limited number of cauliflower and cabbage, and if the crop brings 

 any price whatever, it would seem that it is practicable for a large 

 acreage of cauliflower. 



Steep two ounces of white hellebore in one quart of water for 

 an hour, then dilute with water to make one gallon of the decoc- 

 tion. Larger quantities can be made by increasing the proportions. 

 Apply with watering pot from which the rose has been removed, 

 a few days after plants are set out; five days later apply again, 

 and a third application five days after the second. Use the solu- 

 tion five or six times more at weekly intervals. It takes approxi- 

 mately between two and three hours to treat 1,000 plants, and the 

 material required for this number costs fifty cents at retail. About 

 a teacupful is poured around each plant. 



Fields exposed to breeze suffer less than sheltered fields. 



Fields in which the old stalks are not allowed to stand appear 

 to be less affected than fields which are neglected in this particular. 



Holland cabbage appears to be exempt from attack, no cab- 

 bage maggots being found in this variety. 



Red cabbage, on the contrary, is not immune, since it suffers 

 from the attacks of the maggot. 



Cabbage maggot flies may emerge from pupae (the hard brown 

 resting stage following the maggot) which are buried five inches 

 deep in the soil. 



If it were not for parasites and predaceous enemies, which 

 play an important part in helping the gardener, this pest would be 

 much worse than it is. 



In considering' rec<Mnmenclations it must Ije borne in mind that 

 each grower should l)e guided as to tlic i)racticabiht\' of certain reme- 

 dies by tlie special conditions surrounding him individuallv. One 

 grower could well use certain methods, which would not be available 

 for another. 



