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larvfe, which resemble the cabbage maggot, do their worst 

 work. They strike the bed very soon after picking the second 

 crop. We have two crops in tlie year. They often ruin the 

 leaves before they start to grow in the spring. But they 

 seldom amount to very much, because they eat up a few 

 leaves at first and stop, and nothing more is seen of them. 

 During picking time on an old bed you will see great spots 

 where the plants go down without any reason. Well, that 

 same bed as soon as the picking is fairly done will be literally 

 covered with these little black insects, and I have found no 

 way of doing anything with them, except to turn the bed 

 under. For the larvae to grow to any extent, they must 

 have a plant of sufficient maturity to breed in. 



Mr. Augur. This is a matter I do not know anything 

 about personally, but this fact of its making its appearance 

 at the starting of the leaves leads me to think that there is a 

 chance to apply insecticide in a liquid form, either hellebore 

 or Paris green, and it will prevent the appearance of the 

 second crop. If you can get rid of them in that way early, 

 before there is any danger of injuring the fruit, I think it is 

 possible that might be done. 



I would like to say just a word in regard to the currant. 

 I have been greatly interested in this excellent paper which 

 has been given. It is full of suggestions ; but I want to say 

 a word in behalf of the Fay currant. I think it is really a 

 very desirable variety, and there is a difierence, I think, 

 between it and the Cherry. It has a longer stem from the 

 stalk. The stem before you get to the fruit is longer, it 

 is easier to pick. Pickers like to pick the Fay currant 

 better than the Cherry currant, and it suffers less damage in 

 picking. I think the true Fay currant is to be the market 

 currant when once it is well understood. 



There is this point about planting the currant, and I think it 

 is worth considering. There is more danger of overstock- 

 ing the market with currants than with strawberries. We 

 can easier place ten bushels of strawberries than we can one 

 of currants. I would not advise any one to plant white 

 currants for the market. There is nothing against the white 

 currant except its color, but it does not sell. It goes off" 

 very slowly. We have threatened again and again to take 



