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berries, the grub will destroy every plant almost as soon 

 as it is put into the ground. As these insects remain 

 in the grub stage two or three years, they consume a large 

 amount of food, and they appear to prefer the roots 

 of the Strawberry to those of the common kinds of 

 grasses. 



Owing to the wide distribution of these insects, and 

 their almost universal presence in old meadows and pas- 

 tures, these lands should be avoided whenever possible. If 

 broken up and cultivated for a year or two, or until the 

 grubs have passed into the beetle stage, there can be no ob- 

 jection to such lands if otherwise adapted to the Straw- 

 berry. The female beetles usually resort to uncultivated 

 fields to deposit their eggs ; consequently they are not 

 likely to become very abundant in those that are con- 

 stantly kept under cultivation. 



The Strawberry worm (Empliytus maculatus) is oc- 

 casionally very abundant and destructive. It is a small, 

 slender, pale-green worm about five-eighths of an inch 

 long, attacking the leaves, eating large holes in them at 

 first, but eventually entirely denuding the plant of fol- 

 iage. Dusting the plants with lime when the leaves are 

 wet with dew, or with Paris green, will usually check 

 this pest. 



In Canada and some of the Western States an insect 

 known as the Strawberry Leaf -Roller is occasionally quite 

 abundant and destructive. It is the larva or caterpiller 

 of a small and handsome moth, the Anchylopera fra- 

 garia. It is quite probable that Paris green would be an 

 effective remedy and might be safely used after the fruit 

 was gathered in summer. 



There are also several species of beetles that attack 

 the crowns and stalks of the Strawberry, and the com- 

 mon Strawberry Crown-borer ( Tyloderma fragaria) at- 



