CHAPTER X. 



DISEASES OF THK CRANBERRY. 



The Worm — Two Kinds — One attacks the Yine and the other 

 THE Fruit — Fjre Blight — Eot — Best Remedy for the Worm. 



Like every other plant or fruit- vine, the cranberry 

 is subject to certain drawbacks, arising from causes 

 which we shall endeavor to enumerate. 



1. There is the worm. We have not seen it, and 

 have only met with one grower who has, and he de- 

 scribes it as about an eighth of an inch in length.* It 

 has been sought after with extreme care and diligence. 

 Its presence seems only to be known by the devas- 

 tations it commits. And so great are they, that in a 

 night, vines which seemed doing well are rendered 

 sickly, and the crop is cut off. Not having seen this 

 enemy to the vine, and being unable to ascertain, even 

 from those who had suffered much by them, we are 

 therefore unable to identify it with any insect which 

 visits other fruits and destroys them. (See Plate, No. 9.) 



This insect attacks the vine in a very peculiar 



* Thomas Shiverick, Esq. 



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