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which, as yet, g lowers have not discovered any remedy 

 for ; of these, Z. II. Small, of Harwich, Mass., writes us : 

 "The most destructive, and tlie least likely to be noticed 

 by growers, is a very small, orange-colored insect, called the 

 ' tip-worm,' which preys only on the newly-formed buds 

 at the tip of the shoots. This insect is too small to be 

 readily seen, but its presence is indicated by two leaves at 

 the top of the shoot, standing erect, and concaved, or 

 spoon-bowl shaped, on the inner, or bud side. It seems to 

 do its work in tlie summer, while the berries arc growing, 

 and buds forming for the next year's crop. Very few 

 yards are entirly free from this insect ; some can be found 

 in almost any cranberry patch, and, in a few cases, they 

 have been known to destroy the whole crop." 



The tip-worm has been noticed slightly in New Jersey, 

 but most cranberry growers in this State are unacquaint- 

 ed with both the worm and its works. 



Spax-Worm. 



Z. H. Small also alludes to another insect, which he 

 says is a peculiar kind of span-worm, of a dark-brown 

 color, making its appearance in swamps, and, like the lo- 

 custs of Egypt, leaving only destruction behind. A few 

 pitclies in Massachusetts are attacked by it almost 

 every season, but, as yet, they know nothing of its 

 parentage nor its habits, excepting what is witnessed in 

 Its work upon the vines. It comes when the fruit is aboi t 

 setting, and there seems to be no way of destroying it 

 except by raisin": the water, which, at that season of the 

 year, causes the fruit to drop off. This worm is unknown 

 among cranberrry culturists in Xew Jersey. (See ap- 

 pendix.) 



Lack of Moi^ey. 



Our list of difficulties would be incomplete did we not 

 call attention to the very serious inconvenience which 



