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POPULAR FRUIT GROWING. 



and about one-twentieth of an inch long. These eggs hatch in 

 about ten days. The young worms feed in companies, at first 

 eating small holes in the leaves, but later on they destroy all 

 the green tissue in the leaf and then spread in all directions 

 over the bush, eating the foliage. They will frequently strip a 

 bush of its foliage in a few days time if left to themselves. When 

 full grown they are three-quarters of an inch long. There are 

 two broods of these worms; the first appearing before or about 

 the time the fruit is ripe and the second, two or three weeks 

 later. The mature insect is a fly, somewhat resembling the 

 house fly. 



Figr- 26. Currant Worm at work. 



