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green, with a nearly full-grown worm in it ; as further 

 evidence, we may state that worms have been discovered 

 on the passage from one berry to another. 



This premature coloring of the berry the effect of the 

 fruit worm has been observed in New Jersey as early as 



Fig. 30. WORK OF THE FRUIT WORM. 



the 10th of July, on the dryest meadows, and later on 

 those that are moist. Its ravages continue until the 1st 

 of September, after which the remains of the fruit are 

 visible in the form of dry, hollow shells, from which the 

 worms have disappeared. These shells may be counted 

 upon a small space, and the damage ascertained by pro- 

 portioning them to the amount remaining sound. In dry 



