THE STRAWBERRY JUNE 1907 



has been followed. Where soil is loose 

 the hoe will do as well as cultivating; 

 with a horse. 



4. Rows may be as closely placed as 

 two feet. All that is necessary is to have 

 sufficient space to walk while hoeing and 

 picking berries. 



C. W. W. , Crookston, Minn. Can you give 

 any remedy for cut worms? 



Prof. L. H. Bailey offers the following 

 remedies for the cut worm: "Encircle the 

 stem of the plant with heavy paper or tin. 

 Arsenites sprinkled upon small bunches of 

 fresh grass or clover, which are scattered 

 at short intervals about the garden towards 

 evening. They will often collect under 

 boards or blocks. Arsenites mixed with 

 shorts or bran, and placed about the plants. 

 Make two or three deep holes by the side 

 of the plant with a pointed stick; the 

 worms will fall in and cannot escape. Dig 

 them out. Plough infested land in fall to 

 give birds a chance to find the worms. 

 Kainit or muriate of potash applied lib- 

 erally as a fertilizer has been advised." 



F. B. L , Saxtons River, Vt. Kindly tell me if 

 there is any trouble with the enclosed straw- 

 berry leaf other than what is caused by the 

 cold weather of winter. Quite a good many 

 on my old bed have dead leaves and leaves 

 like this. If it is any insect that does it should 

 I destroy the plants to keep them from the 

 new ones you sent me o will the Bordeaux 

 mixture cure it? 



The leaves enclosed in your letter are 

 affected with leaf spot, called rust. Spray- 

 ing with Bordeaux mixture will prevent 

 the spread of it upon healthy leaves, but 

 it will not cure the leaves which are al- 

 ready affected. It will not be necessary 

 for you to remove the affected leaves, as 

 in time these will dry up and disappear. 

 The Bordeaux mixture should be sprayed 

 over the plants about every ten days until 

 the buds open. 



W. J. K., Maclay, Ore. Is it detrimental to 

 wait with transplanting strawberry plants until 

 blossoms form in propagating bed? 

 2. What is a smutty-like affection on blossom 

 buds causing them to rot? 



Just as soon as strawberry plants begin 

 to bloom, the roots turn dark and become 

 somewhat wiry; much of the vitality of 

 the root going into the foliage; and for 

 this reason transplanting at that stage of 

 development is not as successful as when 

 the plants are entirely dormant. 



2. The smut is a fungous affection. 

 If the leaves are covered with a whitish, 

 moldy substance, plants are affected with 

 what is called slime mold. Spraying with 

 Bordeaux mixture will prevent this, as well 

 as all other fungous diseases. Make the 

 first spraying when growth starts in the 



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B. H. G., Santa Cruz, Calif. Am sending you 

 specimens of a small black beetle that is on 

 my plants. What are they, and what shall I 

 do to get rid of them.' There also is a cater- 

 pillar at work on the plants. 



The insects you send us belong to the 

 beetle family, and are leaf-chewing insects. 

 These can be destroyed by spraying with 

 Paris green. Use at least ten ounces of 

 Paris green; sprinkle it over two pounds of 

 lime. Pour over this two gallons of hot 

 water, and when thoroughly slaked add 

 enough water to make forty gallons. This 

 will also destroy caterpillars, or any other 

 leaf-chewing insects. 



W. R. G., Trout Creek, Mont. I enclose three 

 insects which I find in my strawberry patch in 

 great numbers, and they are eating the leaves. 

 Please tell me what they are and the remedy 

 for them. I am giving them a taste of Bor- 

 deaux and Paris green. 



The insects which you sent us were 

 badly crushed, but after placing them un- 

 der a magnifying glass, we feel safe in 

 saying that they belong to the beetle 

 family. They resemble the flea-beetle, 

 which does not do a great deal of damage. 

 When I was located in Indiana, these 

 beetles attacked my plants in large num- 



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bers, but in a few days they disappeared. 

 They are a leaf-chtwing insect, and may 

 be destroyed with Paris green. Ten ounces 

 of Paris green poured over two pounds of 

 lump lime, and over this pour two gallons 

 of hot water. When thoroughly slaked, 

 add enough water to make forty gallons, 

 and spray the plants thoroughly. 



N. J., Sawyer, Wis. What do you think about 

 the patent folding berry box.' Is it any better 

 than the common one which is put together 

 with staples? 



2. Can more bushels of berries he grown 

 from the acre, in the single-hedge row than in 

 the matted row.' How many more.' 



The question of package is largely a 

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