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rooting up every affected plant and burning it. It may 

 be that applications of lime, salt, or some similar sub- 

 stance would check the disease, and while these may be 

 safely tried as preventive measures, the destroying of all 

 infested planbs should not be omitted. 



THE RASPBEEEY. 



As the Easpberry is closely allied to the Blackberry, 



and belongs to the same genus, the 



diseases and insects infesting both do 



not materially differ. Some few spe- 

 cies of insects seem to prefer the Easp- 

 berry, notably among which is what 



is called the the Eed-necked Bu- 

 pestris {Agrihis ruficol- 

 lis, fig. 132), a small 

 beetle that seems to be 

 particularly fond of the 

 red and black-cap vari- 

 eties, but will occasion- 

 ally attack the Black- 

 berry. The larva bores 

 into the canes in sum- 

 mer, causing large ex- 

 crescences or galls (fig. 



133), checking the flow of sap, and 



causing the death of the cane. This 



insect seems to be far more plentiful 



in the Western than Eastern States; 



but it is widely distributed, and every 



cultivator of the Easpberry may as 



well be on the lookout for it, and 



gather and burn all canes upon which galls of any kind 



are found. 



Fig. 133. 



RED-NECKED BU- 

 PESTBIS. 



Fig:. 133.— GALLS in 



RASPBERKT OANE. 



