Gooseberry. 



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should be used, although the Bordeaux mixture may be applied 

 once or twice early in the season. The first application should 

 be made before the buds start in the spring. 



INSECT ENEMIES. 



Gooseberry Fruit-worm (Dakruma convolutella, Hiibn.). De- 

 scription. A pale, gray moth lays its eggs upon the young 



FIG. 57. Gooseberry mildew. The shoot on the left was sprayed, the other not. 



gooseberries in early spring, and the larvae which appear enter 

 the berries and feed within them. This causes the fruit to 

 ripen prematurely. When the worm is full grown it is about 

 three-fourths of an inch in length ; its head is brown, but the 

 body is light green. It leaves the berry and enters the ground, 

 passing the winter in the pupa state. 



