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taste nor smell on the fruit. The passing of a sectional 

 or spiked roller over laud infested by these insects, as also 

 by slugs, is a good plan, and, where the natural configura- 

 tion of the land will permit such, it should always be 

 done. 



This pest, although bad enough, is one which, in my 

 opinion, can, with a little trouble and care, be very 

 soon stamped out ; and, as the country becomes more 

 opened up, and the refuse burned, the breeding places of 

 these and other insects will become lessened ; and, if it 

 be not possible to altogether destroy them, they can at 

 least be held in check, and kept within manageable 

 limits. 



