W> DISEASES OF- THE CRANBERRY. 



by beautiful cranberry patclies. It was tliere tliat 

 in tlie last season tliis insect made its appearance. It 

 attacked certain patches and left tbe adjoining ones 

 untouched. The reason for this has not yet been 

 given, extended study of the subject may enable us in 

 some measure to account for this. 



2. The fruit worm.— This is different from the 

 insect -we last referred to, it is named the cranberry 

 worm. It is something like the apple worm, but 

 smaller. It makes its appearance about the latter part 

 of July ot the be^nning of August. In its attack 

 upon the . berry it eats its way through the exterior 

 skin, and then enters the interior of the fruit, which 

 after that is of no value to the producer. This cran- 

 berry worm, is one of the greatest enemies that the cul- 

 tivator has to contend against. 



3. The rot. — This is not so common as either of 

 the other enemies of the cranberry, to which we have 

 alluded, yet the rot appears in some yards, and sweeps 

 off the crop from that particular locality it visits. 



We have visited a yard, which in former years was 

 a shallow pond. The owner had it filled in and level- 

 led offi On this, he planted the vines ; they did remark- 

 ably well, were soon matted, and seemed to be thrifty. 

 The vines put out great quantities of blossom, and the 

 fruit began to form. The cultivator noticed that in 

 the lower part of the yard the berry rotted, and this, 



