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CROP PRODUCTION 



the leaves greedily for several weeks. Then they form 

 cocoons beneath the bushes and change to pupae, soon 

 changing again to the second brood of flies. These 



The Currant Worm 



Eggs on leaf; larvae eating leaf; adult fly 



flies lay eggs for the second brood of larvae, which are 

 often overwhelmingly abundant. Spraying or dusting 

 the bushes with hellebore when the leaves are two-thirds 

 grown is the remedy generally employed. 



Gooseberries 



From time immemorial a species of Gooseberry (now 

 called by botanists Ribes grossularia) has been growing 

 wild in Europe, Asia, and Africa. The ripe fruit doubt- 

 less has been eaten by men for thousands of years, but 



