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Probably, dusting the plants with ashes or lime would 

 destroy them, or at least prevent their attacks. 



Cecidomyia Grossulariae Gooseberry Midge (Fitch.) 

 "The berries turning red prematurely and becoming 

 putrid, having in them small, bright yellow maggots, of 

 an oblong-oval form, and slightly divided into segments 

 by fine impressed transverse lines ; changing to pupae in the 

 berries, and in the latter part of July giving out a small 

 two-winged fly, resembling a musquito, of beeswax yellow 

 color." The berries should be gathered so soon as they 

 show signs of premature ripening, and fed to hogs, or 

 otherwise destroyed. 



Gooseberry-moth. Mr. E. Graves, Jr., of Ashfield, 

 Mass., reported to the Country Gentleman, in the summer 

 of 1856, that his Houghton Gooseberry was a total failure, 

 in consequence of being attacked by a slender, greenish 

 worm, about one-half inch long. Dr. Fitch mentioned 

 this insect, under the name of a Gooseberry-moth, in his 

 Third Report, 1856, to the N. Y. State Agricultural Soci- 

 ety, but without giving it a scientific name, as he says 

 that he had not as yet obtained it in a perfect state. The 

 worm eats out the center of the berry, leaving only a hol- 

 low shell, attacking the fruit when about half grown. 



Many other insects might be added to this list, but the 

 foregoing will be sufficient to show that the Gooseberry 

 has enemies as well as other cultivated fruits. 



PROFITS OF CULTUKE. 



There is far less demand for the Gooseberry than almost 

 any other of our small fruits. It is generally gathered 

 before it is ripe, and sold for making pies, tarts, etc., con- 

 sequently, the demand for it is not so great as for other 

 fruits, which are used for a greater variety of purposes. 



In the New York markets, the price varies from one to 

 three, or four dollars per bushel. But whether the de- 



