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6. Insure an early crop by early planting of early-maturing 

 i^arieties, and by fertilizing where necessary. 



7. Continue the procuring of an early crop by early chopping 

 to a stand and early and frequent cultivation. Do not lose the fruit 

 the plants have set by cultivation too deep or too close to the rows. 



8. Where the labor is sufficient, pick the first appearing weevils 

 and the first infested squares. Do not destroy the squares, but 

 place them in screened cages. By this means the escape of the 

 weevils will be prevented, while the parasites will be able to escape 

 to continue their assistance on the side of the farmer. 



9. Use a crossbar of iron or wood, or some similar device, to 

 cause the infested squares to fall early to the ground, so that they 

 will be exposed to the important effects of heat and parasites. 



10. Do not poison for the leaf-worm unless its work begins 

 at an abnormally early date in the summer. 

 Cranberry. Fruit-worm {Mineola z^accmu). —Small caterpillar work- 

 ing in the fruits, eating out the insides. 



Preventive. — For bogs with abundant water, reflow for 

 ten days immediately after picking. Let the foliage ripen, and 

 then turn on water for winter. Draw off water early in April, 

 and every third or fourth year hold it on until the middle of May. 

 For dry bogs spray three times with arsenate of lead during 

 July. Bury all screenings. 

 Fire-worm, Cranberry-worm, or Black-headed Cranberry- 

 worm (Eudemis vacciniana). — Small larva, green, black-headed, 

 feeding upon the shoots and young leaves, drawing them together 

 by silken threads ; two broods. 



Treatment. — Flooding for two or three days when the worms 

 come down to pupate. Arsenicals. 

 Yellow-headed Cranberry- worm {Acleris minuta). — Stout, yel- 

 lowish-green, small caterpillar, with a yellow head, webbing up 

 the leaves as it works. 



Treatment. — Hold the water late on the bog in spring to pre- 

 vent egg-laying. Arsenicals from the middle of May till July 1. 

 Cranberry-gird LER {Crambns hortuellus). — Small caterpillars feed- 

 ing on the stems just beneath the surface of the sand. 



Preventive. — Reflow just after picking, for a week or ten days, 

 or reflow for a day or two about June 10. 



