INSECTS, ETC. 



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Kemedie.s. — rroinpt measure's should be taken to get rid 

 of the aphides when first discovered. The best remedy 

 is to spray the foHage with "Abol " Wash or Formuhi 16. 



Cabbag-e Fly (Anthomyia brassicae). — The larvse of 

 this fly and of an allied species, A. radicum, attack the 



CABBAGE APHIS (APHIS BRASSIC^). 



Fia-. 1, Mile apliip, uat. size; 2 Ditto, magnified; .3 Female aphis, nat. fize; 

 4 Ditto 11 ag.iilied. 



lower part of the stems of cabbages and allied crops, eat- 

 ing their way into the tissues, causing the stem to decay 

 and the plant to die. Plants infested with the larvae have 

 leavers of a leaden hue that readily droop when the sun 



CABBAGE FLY AaD LARV.E MAGNIFIK]). 



shines on them; also the base of the stem and the roots 

 are furnished with swollen lumps, within which are tJie 

 maj^gots. The latter are about one-third of an inch in 



The fly lays its eggs low down 



length, white, and legless. 



