TUKNIP FLY. 9 



Wilstrop Hall, York. In reply to your questions respecting the 

 Turnip Fly in Yorkshire, this season the sowings (in some cases for 

 the second time) up to the first week in June were all destroyed ; 

 even those put in amongst Mangolds early in April did not escape, the 

 fly being so numerous and vigorous. Those drilled later suffered 

 comparatively little, and the autumn fortunately proving mild they 

 attained a fair growth ; this is fully authenticated by farmers in 

 various parts of Yorkshire. (J. H.) 



Goldsborough, near Knaresborough. I had forty acres damaged ; 

 twelve acres of Swedes were completely destroyed, and had to be 

 resown; the second sowing was very much injured, and had I not 

 sown four to five pounds of green Globe seed they would all have been 

 destroyed a second time. I had not to sow any a third time ; but the 

 whole forty acres were stopped for one month and were not so good by 

 150 as they ought to have been, and I have no doubt would have 

 been. (L. P. 0.) 



Boro-Bridge. A very serviceable contribution of information, 

 giving dates of sowing, dates and amount of attack, &o., is tabulated, 

 and with additions of daily rainfall appended with the other tables. 



LINCOLNSHIKE. Limber, Ulceby. Whenever fly appears its attack 

 is very general hereabouts. This year, on the strong land between 

 Limber and the Huniber, after sowing three and four times, the July 

 drought was too great, and they got no crop. I can give no reliable 

 estimate of the losses I have sustained from this pest ; I may say, how- 

 ever, that the loss of my Turnip crop reduces the produce of that field 

 fully one-half for the whole round of cropping, until the Turnip crop 

 comes round again. (T. H.) 



NOKFOLK. Sparham, near Norwich. A note is given of forty acres 

 of Turnips and six acres of Swedes being destroyed by fly; both 

 resown. (F. N.) 



SUFFOLK. Weybread. Information contributed by the farmers of 

 this parish shows much harm to have been done by the fly. The 

 details of numbers of resowings, &c., are given in tabulated form, for 

 convenience of comparison, accompanied by a summary of the infor- 

 mation, together with the other tables regarding Turnip Fly. 



ESSEX. Forest Gate. Soil light and sandy. Turnip Fly very 

 destructive during the hot weather. (W. J. F.) 



Witham. On the 28th of July the Turnip Fly (Phyllotreta 

 nemorum) was causing much injury to the Cabbage crops in the 

 Labourers' Allotment Gardens, just outside Witham. In some places 

 the crops ware completely destroyed, not a vestige beyond the stem 

 being left : and in other places they were fast going, and the beetles 

 (" fly ") were observed to feed in companies of as many as five or six, 

 as well as singly. (W. D. C.) 



