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and it sells readily in the market. I 

 would recommend its growth particu- 

 hirly to those farmers who entertain 

 summer boarders, for they will find it 

 an excellent supplement to the smaller 

 fruits, such as raspberries, blackberries 

 and whortleberries." 



A NEW ENEMY TO THE CELERY. 



The Germantown Telegraph gives the 

 following description of a worm which 

 has attacked the celery crop of that 

 vicinity, and believes it identical with 

 the corn worm (Heliothis armiyer) which. 

 is ravaging Western corn fields. No 

 remedy has as yet been found for its 

 depredations : 



" For the first time noticed in this 

 section the growing celery plant is being 

 attacked and seriously injured by a 

 rather singular looking worm, belong- 

 ing to the ' measuring ' family. It is 

 of a greenish color, hairless, ranging 

 from a half inch to over an inch and a 

 half in length. When it reaches its 

 greatest length it is almost transparent. 

 It is a ravenous devourer ; and, while 

 it apparently prefers the celery, it is 

 not particular in its diet, and will at- 

 tack even the leaf of the ruta-baga. In 

 some celery beds it appears in thousands 

 and eats into the stem to such an ex- 

 tent as it is believed will utterly de- 

 stroy the plant for culinary purposes." 



(iRAPE GROWING IN CALIFORNIA 

 FOR THE EASTERN MARKETS. 



At a i*anche where grapes are grown 

 for raisins, and for shipment East, the 

 process is as follows : Around a long,nar- 

 row table some fifteen Mongolians are 

 seated, busily engaged cutting the poor 

 and withered grapes from each bunch. 

 The fruit is then handed to the packers, 

 several in number, who place them in 

 small boxes, four of which fill a crate. 

 Each box is made to hold one bunch of 

 grapes and each bunch will average in 

 weight five pounds. Tlie grapes sent 



East are a beautiful variety of the white 

 grape, known as the Tokay variety. 

 They are large and firm and possess a 

 delicious flavor. As the flesh is hard 

 and comparatively dry, they will keep 

 well and are successfully shipped East, 

 as fast freight, if properly packed. The 

 crates and boxes are made especially 

 for long distance shipping purposes and 

 possess many ingenious features. To 

 ship grapes East by fast freight from 

 Sacramento to Chicago costs nearly 

 $1,000 per car, yet in spite of this en- 

 ormous expense, added to the cost of 

 raising, picking and packing fruit, the 

 venture is found to be exceedingly pro- 

 fitable. 



THE APPLE APHIS. 



This little but very injurious insect 

 has been very abundant of late, and 

 many fruit growers have been annoyed 

 and perplexed by their presence in such 

 unusual numbers. 



For their benefit we give them what 

 our president says of them in his most 

 excellent work on "Insects Injurious 

 to Fruits," which should be in the hands 

 of every one of our readers : — 



" During the winter there may be 

 found in the crevices and cracks of the 

 bark of the twigs of apple trees, and 

 also about the base of the buds, a num- 

 ber of very minute, oval, shining black 

 eggs. These are the eggs of the apple 

 tree aphis, known also as apple leaf ap- 

 his, Aphis malifoliae (Fitch). They are 

 deposited in the autumn, and when 

 first laid are of a light yellow or green 

 color, but gradually become darker and 

 finally black. 



"As soon as the buds begin to ex- 

 pand in the spring, these eggs hatch 

 into tiny lice, which locate themselves 

 upon the swelling buds and the small, 

 tender leaves, and inserting their beaks 

 feed on the juices. All the lice thus 

 hatched at this period of the year are 



