yO THE CAULIFLOWEE. 



plant, whether seemingly affected or not, for the 

 maggot will have done much harm before the 

 plant will show it, repeating the application as 

 occasion may seem to require. In sections where 

 these maggots have been prevalent it will be well 

 to make a solution of half the above strength, and 

 when the plants are nicely started apply in the 

 same manner as a preventive. Care and judgment 

 must be used not to overdo the matter, thereby 

 killing the plants as well as the maggots. Exper- 

 iment a little at first." 



H. A. March, of Washington, says: "The best 

 thing that I have found for the maggot is a poor 

 grade of sulphur, sulphur before being purified, 

 that smells very strong. Sprinkled over the plants 

 it seems to drive the fly away." 



Cabbage Worm {Pier is rapce, Koch). — The im- 

 ported cabbage worm, now known all over the 

 country, is the most troublesome enemy which 

 attacks either the cabbage or cauliflower, and the 

 most difficult one with which to deal. It seldom 

 wholly destroys the crop, asnd is generally a little 

 less destructive after a few years than it is at first, 

 being kept in check by its natural enemies. It 

 never disappears, however, and its numbers cannot 

 be materially diminished for any length of time 

 by artificial means. Among the partial remedies 

 in use are the following: 



