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Grape-Cane Gall Maker. This is a little hectic of the 

 curcuiio family, which is very closely related to the grape- 

 cane girdler, except that the gall maker is of dark brown 

 color and the girdler is shining black. Thus far its in- 

 juries have not been of great seriousness, although present 

 to a greater or less extent over quite a large area of the 

 eastern portion of the United States. The female makes 

 a series of holes in the grape canes, usually beyond 

 the terminal cluster of fruit, in which she deposits her eggs. 

 These hatch into a small larva which feeds on the tissue 

 of the cane and causes the formation of a gall of consid- 

 erable size. It can be controlled by removing these canes 

 having galls, and arsenical sprays may keep the insects 

 under control. 



Grape-Cane Girdler. This insect, instead of making a 

 line of holes up and down the canes, makes a ring of holes, 

 in only one of which an egg is deposited. Then above this 

 place where the egg is deposited she girdles the cane so 

 that it breaks off. The larva lives in the stub. Removing 

 the affected canes and spraying with arsenical sprays, to- 

 gether with keeping the vineyard in clean cultivation will 

 keep this insect controlled. 



Raspberry Cane Borer. This is the larva of a small 

 black beetle, which makes two rows of holes about an inch 

 apart near the tips of the canes in June, and deposits an 

 egg just above the lower girdle. The larva attains a length 

 of nearly an inch and bores down into the cane, causing it 

 to wilt. Cut off the wilted canes below the lower girdle and 

 burn them. 



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Asparagus Beetle. There are two kinds of beetles known 

 by this name, one of them is blue in color, and the other 

 a dark red, with twelve black spots on its wing covers. 

 Both of them attack asparagus as it is starting into growth 

 and eat holes in the young tips, also eating the foliage 

 and seed capsules. Allow a few hills to remain uncut, and 

 keep them sprayed with arsenical poisons. These hills will 



