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inclining to black, and when full grown 

 attains a length of one and a half inches. 

 The fore wings of the moth are mostly 

 brownish grey with hind wings almost white. 

 This is one of the most common of cut 

 worms, and is widely distributed, being 

 found from Georgia and Texas on the south 



Fig. 37. 



to Nova Scotia and Manitoba on the north. 

 It is very destructive, scarcely any kind of 

 garden produce escaping. 



3. Cochran's Cut Worm (A. Cochrani) 

 was discovered by Mr. Cochrane, of Calu- 

 met, 111,, a species of climbing cut worm 

 which ascends apple and pear trees and 

 grape vines in the night time, eating off the 

 buds, even leaving potatoes, peas and other 

 garden stuff in their preference for fruit, 

 buds and foliage. Mr. Cochrane found them 

 about midnight, well up the limbs of even 

 tall young trees, but dwarf trees particularly 

 suit their convenience. It is said that four 



or five of these would in two nights com 

 pletely strip a four-year-old dwarf of every 

 fruit and wood bud, and, if out in leaf, com 

 pletely denude it of foliage. 



Prof. Saunders, in his valuable work on 

 "Insects Injurious to Fruits," recommends 



catching and killing as the surest way of 

 destroying them, although sprinkling the 

 plants with slaked lime, ashes, hellebore or 

 Paris green water is helpful. 



For the Climbing Cut Worms, bands of 

 tin, clasping the tree in an inverted dish 

 form, will be most effective; or a circular 

 hole, with perpendicular sides, dug about 

 the tree will prevent them from reaching the 

 trunk. 







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UNUSUAL. 



Sir, — From a plant of the Jessie straw- 

 berry which I have there was a runner 

 allowed to root after July, which ripened two 

 strawberries in October of the same year. — 

 J, P. Couch, North Toronto. 



SEEDLING PLUM. 



I HAVE a Plum in my garden that has not 

 been molested by the Black Knot. I have 

 known it for the past eighteen years. It is a 

 seedling, as it bears the same proud shoots 

 from the roots. It is an excellent plum, 

 about the size of the Lombard, and I think 

 it a better plum. It is pale green. If you 

 would like to try it, I would send you two or 

 three slips in the spring, as I have some iine 

 ones. — John Gibbard, Napanee. 



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