672 ENEMIES OF THE FRUIT GROWER. 



Gooseberries This fruit is yielded by bushes which are 

 very similar to those of the currant, but the production of the ber- 

 ries will need more careful management. They are developed best 

 in ground which is fertile, and they need careful attention. The 

 bushes should be trimmed after the leaves have fallen. 



Cranberries This fruit will yield best in ground which is 

 wet, and they can be supplied with plenty of water to very great 

 advantage. It grows without cultivation in many parts of the 

 country, but cultivation will advance it both in quantity and quality. 

 When the cranberry shrubs are set in land which is wet the surface 

 water should be drained off. Transplanting should be made from 

 places which have yielded well, and when they are re-set they should 

 be placed in rows from eighteen to thirty inches apart. If those 

 who have no low lying land, find it desirable to cultivate the cran- 

 berry, some varieties of the fruit which grow upon upland can be 

 set out and fruit return can be looked for. If the soil in which the 

 fruit is growing is made fertile by the application of fertilizers or 

 muck, it will improve them. Cuttings will take root easily, and 

 will prove prolific. When the cultivation is undertaken, the plants 

 should be set out early in the year; but this is not indispensable; 

 they will exist and yield if put out in the autumn. 



ENEMIES OF THE FRUIT GROWER AND HOW TO 

 DESTROY THEM. 



The Cherry Slug This insect is particularly the enemy of 

 cherry trees and pear trees also. It can be expelled by throwing 

 upon the trees dry ashes each day, while the dew is still upon the 

 leaves. The slug has a smooth skin, somewhat like jelly, and its 

 appearance is somewhat like that of the snail. 



The Rose Bug This pest destroys the blossoms and the 

 leaves also of grape vines and apple trees as well as rose bushes. It 

 is a parasite, and it can be exterminated if it attacks grape blossoms 

 only by being actually removed by picking it off and destroying it. 

 The best time to do this work is early in the morning. If the rose- 

 bug is found upon apple trees, it may be removed by shaking the 

 limbs, first having put tubs or pails of water under the trees to 

 receive the bugs as they fall. It is indispensably necessary to be on 

 the watch for this insect, and commence its destruction early in the 

 season, and carry it out vigorously until it shall have disappeared. 



The Curculio Plum, cherry and apple trees are subject to 

 the attack of this insect, which is small, and when it attacks the 

 fruit, bores into it, depositing its egg: This develops the young 

 insect almost immediately, and in a short time the punctured fruit 

 drops, when the worm leaves it and passes into the ground where it 

 becomes transformed into the beetle, which in its turn lays its eggs, 

 and thus the existence of a destructive race is ensured. The curculio 



