Part III.-VEGETABLE FOES. 



CllAPiKH 1. 



INSECTS, ETC, 



Asparagrus Beetle (Crioceris asparagi).— This is a 

 most (lestiuc'tive insect pe'.-t. The beetle is about the 

 Gize of a rather small house fi v ; it is red and yellow, with 

 black spots and black legs. The beetles may often be 

 seen about the beds while the asparagus is being cut, and 

 every one should be killed. They somewhat resemble the 

 ladybird in colour, but are longer and not so wide. One 

 beetle will lay hundreds of eggs on the stems and leaves 

 in late spring; the eggs hatch out in a few days, and the 

 larv?e commence eating the leaves, leaving nothing but 

 bare stems. When plants are badly infested no good 

 asparagus will be produced from the crowns the following 

 year. 



Remedies. — The best way of destroying the larva' is to 

 poison the leaves they are eating. This may be accom- 

 plished by spraying the foliage with Formula 10. In 

 autumn lightly fork into the bed one of the soil fumigants, 

 as Apterite, Cliffs Powder Insecticide, Kilogrub, or Yapo- 

 rite, to asphyxiate the pupa?. 



Bean Aphis, or Dolphin Fly (Aphis fabae). — 

 Besides the names given above, this pest is also known 



