VEGETABLE GARDEN PESTS 51 



overhead occasionally with soap-suds or a paraffin 

 emulsion made of 1 wineglassful of paraffin, 1 oz. of 

 soft-soap, and 1 gallon of water ; keep it well mixed 

 when using. 



Pull up and burn all plants suffering with the maggot. 



If you fail after all these methods have been tried, 

 resort to autumn sowing and transplanting in the follow- 

 ing April into well-prepared ground. This system of 

 cultivation is practically proof against the maggot of 

 this fly. 



Onion Fly (Anthomyia ceparum). 



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Slugs and Snails, of which there are several species, do 

 a great amount of damage to nearly all young growing 

 crops. The crops they frequent should be kept well 

 dressed with soot, salt, or lime. 



They can be trapped by laying about cabbage and 

 lettuce leaves, slices of turnip, &c., which should be 

 examined daily and the pests killed. 



Eelworms. ^Cucumbers and other plants frequently 

 suffer with stem eelworm. The mode of attack is for 

 the eelworms to puncture the roots and then lay their 

 eggs in the punctures. 



From these eggs emerge the eelworms which quickly 

 traverse the inside of the stems, causing the plants to 



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