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SUCCESSFUL FRUIT CULTURE 



cut out and burned. Care must be taken that the cut 

 be made below where the larva is feeding. 



Currant Cane Girdler {Janus flaviventris) — This 

 insect attacks the ends of the growing cane, making 

 numerous punctures in a circle around it, then lays an 

 egg below the girdle. Soon the end of this cane breaks 

 off, leaving the egg at the end, the egg hatches, and 

 the larva, ensured an abundance of food by the girdle, 

 feeds downward toward the base of the cane, where 



the next season it 

 may be found from 

 one to three feet 

 toward the root. 

 Remedy — As 

 soon as the cane 

 breaks off it should 

 be cut an inch or 

 two further toward 

 the base and the 

 part containing the 

 egg dropped on the 

 ground, where it 

 will be destroyed by 

 the drying of the 

 part cut off. 



The Imported Currant Worm {Nematus ventri- 

 cosus) — The most destructive insect attacking the cur- 

 rant. Figure 129 shows the perfect insect — a, the male ; 

 b, the female. Figure 130 shows a leaf with the 

 eggs arranged on the midrib. The eggs are laid as 

 soon as the leaves unfold, the larvae upon hatching 

 first making minute holes, as shown in the figure, 

 but feeding with such rapidity that in a few days' time 

 the bushes are denuded of leaves and the fruit often 

 hangs in an unripe state through the remainder of the 

 season. Figure 131 shows full-grown larvae feeding. 



Fig. 130— Currant Leaf with Eggs of 

 Currant Worm 



