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TRUCK-FARMING AT THE SOUTH. 



The Strawberry-worm (fig. 68) sometimes injures the 

 leaves considerably. The larva is about half an inch 

 long, of yellowish green color. It feeds generally in a 



Fig. 68. STRAWBERRY 



WORM (Emphylus 

 maculatus). 



Fig. 69. PLY OF STRAWBERRY 

 WORM. 



curled-up position on the leaf. It winters in the ground 

 as a chrysalid. Its perfect state is a fly (fig. 69). 



The snout-beetle (Analcis fragarice, fig. 67) lays its 

 eggs in the crown of the plant, where the young larvae 

 damage the leaves and fruit stalks. Colaspisflavida (figs. 

 70, 71) is an insect not distantly related to the Colorado 



Fig. 70. 



STRAWBERRY 



LEAF-BEETLE. 



Larva. 



Fig. 71. 



STRAWBERRY LEAF- 

 BEETLE. 



1, enlarged; 2, real size. 



potato-beetle. Lime, first slaked and sifted, dusted on 

 the leaves while yet wet with dew is said to drive away 



