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quently reserved for "toppers." This practice should be 

 utterly condemned in the case of this fruit as well as in 

 all shipments of vegetables. 



INSECTS. 



Wherever the common field crickets abound, they be- 

 come very destructive, injuring many of the ripening 

 fruits at night. See chapter on "Insects." Other in- 



Fig. 66. STRAWBERRY 



LEAF- ROLLER ( Anchylopera 

 frcujarice). 



a, Larva, of real size ; b, Moth, 

 enlarged. 



Fig. 67. STRAW- 

 BERRY CROWN- 

 BORER. 



sects particularly infesting the strawberry plant at the 

 South are : 



1. Ancliyloperafragaria (The Strawberry leaf -roller). 



2. EmpJiytus maculatus (Strawberry- worm). 



3. Analcis fragarice (Strawberry crown-borer). 



4. Colaspis flavida (Strawberry leaf-beetle). 



5. CorimelcBna pulicaria (Flea-like Negro-bug). 

 The half-inch long worm of the moth Anchylopera 



fragaricB (fig. 66) lies hidden in the curled-up leaf, upon 

 which it feeds. In consequence of this habit, any effi- 

 caceous application of an insecticide is of doubtful use. 

 The second brood passes the winter in the ground in the 

 pupa state. Either of the remedies that have been 

 recommended for destroying the larvae, by burning off the 

 dead leaves, or by passing a heavy roller over the plants 

 would be more destructive to the crop than any injuries 

 the insects might possibly inflict. 



