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Lessons in Fruit Growing. 



and then reflowing after the eggs have hatched. The larvae 

 and eggs may also he destroyed by spraying with kerosene 

 emulsion. 



277". The fruit worm (^^roirtSismccmi) (Fig. 48) is often 

 very destructive. The moth appears at the time the ber- 

 ries are beginning to form, and deposits eggs, usually in 

 the calyx. • The larvse 

 feed on the fruit until 

 September, Spraying 

 the plantation as soon 

 as the berries are set, 

 with water containing 

 Paris green at the rate 

 of a pound to 200 gal- 

 lons, is thought to de- Fig. 48. cranberry fruit worm, a, berry, 



stroy the larvae as they ^^^^'^^ «^^' ^' ^^^ ^''^^ '"*"' *^' ^^^ *'"^'" 



top; d, larva; e, pupa; f, tip of pupa; g, co- 

 attempt to enter the coon; b, perfect insect. All enlarged; lines 

 fruit. Lighted lamps, indicate natural size. (After Riley.) 



set at night over vessels of water distributed about the 

 marsh, are said to destroy many of the moths. 



2?'8. Other harmful insects. The Up worm {Cecidomyia 

 faccinii) sometimes destroys the terminal buds, and a scale 

 insect {Aspidiotus sp.) which occasionally infests the stems, 

 may probably be held in check by kerosene emulsion. 

 Grasshoppers and locusts are sometimes troublesome, and 

 may be controlled in a measure by keeping turkeys on the 

 marshes. 



Section 5 — The Miscellaneous Small Fruits 



279. The species. These include: 



(a) The dwarf cherry {Prunus Besseyii). 



(b) The dwarf juueberry {Amelanchier Canadensis, var. 

 oblong i/olia). 



