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plant tomatoes in proximity to old corn or cotton 

 fields, nor should land be used in regions where this 

 species is abundant until it has been fall or winter 

 plowed. Sweet corn planted about the field before 

 the tomatoes are set will serve as a lure for the parent 

 moths to deposit their eggs, corn and cotton being 

 favorite foods of this species and preferred to toma- 

 toes. The fruit worm feeds to a certain extent on the 



FIG. 41 ADULT MOTH, OR PARENT OF 



TOMATO FRUIT WORM 

 (From Chittenden, U. S. Department of Agriculture) 



foliage before penetrating the fruit, and it is possible 

 to keep it in subjection by spraying with arsenicals 

 as advised for the flea-beetles. It is suggested that 

 arsenate of lead, being more adhesive than other 

 arsenicals, should be used for the first sprayings, be- 

 ginning when the fruit commences to form, repeating 

 once or twice as found necessary, and making a last 

 spraying with Paris green within a few days of ripen- 

 ing. This last poison will readily wash off and there 

 is no danger whatever of poisoning to human beings, 

 as has been conclusively proved in numerous similar 

 cases. For the perfect success of this remedy the 



