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Canada to the West Indies. No important differences between 

 these two species have been noted as regards habits, time of 

 appearance, susceptibiHty to diseases and to parasitic attack. 

 In the writer's experience, the two species undergo their trans- 

 formations throughout in about the same time. 



Remedies are the same as for the tomato worm proper previ- 

 ously treated. 



The Tomato Fruit Worm (Hcliothis obsoleta Haw.). — This 

 insect, as most modern farmers are aware, is the same species 

 as the bollworm or corn-ear worm. It has been treated from 



Fig. !49.— Tomato fruit worm boring in tomato. (After Riley) 



the Standpoint of a cotton pest in innumerable publications, and 

 is considered among corn insects on page 207, but as yet we 

 have discovered no direct remedy for it in its occurrence on 

 tomato. It is frequently the cause of serious trouble to tomato 

 growers over large areas, due to the "worms" eating into and 

 destroying the green and ripening fruit. 



Remedies. — For the protection of tomatoes, it is advisable not 

 to plant in proximity to corn or cotton fields or on ground 

 that has been grown the previous year to these crops or to 

 beans or cowpeas. all of which are favorite host plants of this 

 pest; nor should land be planted with tomatoes in infested 



