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they pass the winter. Wherever this native insect occurs 

 upon the cultivated Gooseberry and Currant, it may be 

 subdued by the use of White Hellebore as recommended 

 for the Imported Currant-worm. 



THE CURRANT STALK-BORER. 



{j^geria tipuliformis, Linn.) 



This is an imported insect and of the same genus as 

 the Peach-borer. The moth lays her eggs singly near the 

 buds, and the larvae, when hatched, make their way di- 

 rectly to the pith, which they devour, forming a channel 

 several inches in length. The stem, thus weakened, 

 shows by the inferior size of its fruit that this insect is 

 present, and it often breaks off at the afEected part. The 

 impoverished growth of the stems indicates the presence 

 of this borer, and at the fall pruning, all such should be 

 cut away and burned. 



THE STKAWBEERY. 



Among the insect enemies of the Strawberry, the com- 

 mon White Grub is probably one of the most destructive. 

 This insect, which is injurious to so many different 

 plants, is described in full, and suggestions for its sup- 

 pression are given on page 33. Their injury to Straw- 

 berry plantations results mainly from bad management 

 and the failure of the grower to use preventive meas- 

 ures. Good old pasture and meadow lands are frequently 

 selected for Strawberry plantations, and sod is turned 

 over, and as soon as sufficiently rotted, the plants are set 

 out. In the meantime the grubs that were already in 

 the ground, and perhaps of various ages from a few 



