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Gooseberry. Cukrant-Bokek. — See under Currant. 

 CuRKANT Measuring or Span- Worm. — See under Currant. 

 Pour- STRIPED Plaxt-Bug. — See under Currant. 

 Gooseberry or Currant- Worm. — See under Currant. 

 Gooseberry Fruit- Worm (Dakruma convolutclla, Hubn.). — 

 Larva, about three-fourtlis incb long, greenish or yellowish, 

 feeding in the berry, causing it to ripen prematurely. 



P/-ei?e?ititie.— Spray j ust before eggs are laid with the sulphur 

 and whale-oil soap wash. 



Remedies. — Destroy affected berries. Clean cultivation. 

 Poultry. 

 Green Leaf-Hopper. — See under Currant. 

 Grape. Apple-tree Borer. — See under Apple. 

 Grape-berry Worm (Eudemis hotrana, Schiff.). — Larva, about 

 one-fourth inch long, feeding in the beny, often securing 

 three or four together in a web; two broods. 



Remedy. — Burn the affected berries before the larva 

 escapes. 

 Grape-Curculio {Craponius incBqualis, Say.). — Larva small, 

 black with a gi-ayish tint. Infests the gi'ape in June and 

 July, causing a little black hole in the skin and a discolora- 

 tion of the berry immediately around it. 



Remedies. — Jarring and remo'^ang berries. The beetle may 

 be jarred down on sheets, as with the plum-curculio. Bag- 

 ging the clusters. 

 Grape-seed Worm {Isosumavitis, Saunders). — A minute grub, 

 living in the seed of the grape and causing it to become dis- 

 torted. The injured gi*apes shrivel. 

 Remedy. — Burn the affected fruit. 

 Grape-Slug or Saw-Fly (Selandria vitis, Harris).— Larva, 

 about one-half inch long, yellowish green with black points, 

 feeding upon the leaves ; two broods. ■ 

 Remedies . — Arsenites . Hellebore . 

 Grape-vine Fidia (Fidia viticida). — Beetle, resembles the 

 rose-bug, somewhat shorter and broader. It appears during 

 June and July, riddling the leaves. 



Remedies. — Jarring the trees ; the least jar is sulHcient. 

 Poultry. 

 Grape-vine Flea-Beetle {Graptodera chalybea, Illig.).— Beetle, 

 about one-fourth inch long, feeding upon the buds and ten- 

 der shoots in early spring. 



