CHAPTER XVII 



INSECTS INJURIOUS TO CABBAGE AND RELATED CROPS * 

 The Cabbage Maggot f 



THROUGHOUT the Middle and Northern States the cabbage mag- 

 got is one of the most destructive and most difficult to combat of 



FIG. 263. Cabbage root infested with maggots. (After Slingerland.) 



all the insects affecting cabbage, cauliflower and radishes. Just 

 as the plants are commencing to make a good growth they sud- 



* See Garman, "Insects Injurious to Cabbage/' Bulletin 114, Ky. Agr. 

 Exp. Sta. 



t Phorbia brassicce Bouche. Family Anthomyiidce. See W. J. Schoene, 

 Bulletins 382 and 419, N. Y. Agr. Exp. Sta., Journal of Economic Entomol- 

 ogy, Vol. IV, p. 210. 



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