346 SUCCESSFUL FEUIT CULTURE 



Currant Fruit Worm {Eupithecia interrupto-fac- 

 iata) — This insect injures the fruit by attacking a few 

 berries in a bunch and when abundant causes much loss 

 of fruit and a great amount of labor in preparing it for 

 market. 



Remedy — The only remedy suggested is to pick the 

 injured clusters as soon as the injury is discovered, and 

 destroy them. 



Four-Striped Plant Bug {Poecilocapus lineatus) — 

 A bright yellow and black bug about three-tenths of an 

 inch long with two black stripes on each wing cover. 

 It punctures the young leaves of the currant and goose- 

 berry, producing irregTilar brown spots of dead tissue. 

 When these spots are very num,erous the leaves drop off. 



Remedy — Spraying with a ten per cent mixture of 

 kerosene or by knocking them off into a pan of kerosene 

 are the only remedies suggested. In both cases tHe 

 work should be done early in the morning. 



INSECTS ATTACKING THE GOOSEBERRY 



Imported Currant Worm — See under the currant. 



Currant Plant Louse — See under the currant. 



Currant Cane Girdler — See under the currant. 



Gooseberry Fruit Worm {Dahruma convolutella) — 

 In habits this insect is much like the currant berry 

 moth, and the remedy is the same, which see. 



INSECTS ATTACKING THE EASPBBKEY 



Raspberry Root Borer (Bembecia marginata) — 

 Closely resembling the peach borer in many ways. 

 They are pretty black and yellow banded insects with 

 transparent wings that lay their eggs on the leaves 

 in the middle of the summer. The larva feeds upon the 

 pith of the canes and passes down to the roots in the 

 fall or winter. The following spring it turns and comes 



