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this way many thousands of these httle worms are scalded to death. 

 Currant Worms. There are two varieties of the currant worm, one 



of them native and the other im- 

 ported. Both worms originally 

 were found almost entirely upon 

 the gooseberry, but now attack the 

 currant and gooseberry alike. Our 

 cut shows the larvae at work. 



There is an effectual remedy for 

 these worms in the powder of 

 white helebore. This powder is 

 of a light greenish-yellow, and 

 should be mixed with water in the 

 proportion of an ounce to a pailful 

 of water, and sprinkled freely on 

 IMPORTED CURRANT WORM the vines. One application by 



AT WORK. means of the ordinary sprinkling 



pot greatly diminishes them in 

 number, and the second will 

 almost complete the job. The 

 perfect insect in both the native ^ ^ 

 and imported varieties are saw- ^ft 

 flies. Wood ashes have been 

 applied to the bushes when the . imported currant worm. 

 dew was on, but while it destroys the worm, it also injures the leaves 

 and the growing fruit. 



Cabbage Worm. This is in many parts of the country a great pest 



to the cabbage grower. The butterflies 

 resemble the common yellow butterfly 

 very much and appears about the last 

 of May or the beginning of June. The 

 butterfly deposits its eggs on the under 

 side of the cabbage leaves three or four 

 in a place. The eggs are about one- 

 sixteenth of an inch in length, larger at 

 CABBAGE BUTTERFLY. one end than at the other, and yellow- 



ish in color. In about ten days after the eggs are laid; there appears 

 greenish worms which are great feeders. 



The butterflies are lazy and can be easily trapped with a hand net. 



