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the next May, June, or July, depending on the season. When the adults 
appear, jar them from the tree on sheets or curculio-catchers and 
destroy them. To determine when they appear, jar a few trees daily, 
beginning the latter part of May in New York. 
Currant-worm. — In the spring the small green, black-spotted larvee 
feed on the foliage of currants and gooseberries, beginning their work 
on the lower leaves. A second brood occurs in early summer. When 
worms first appear, spray with 1 lb. Paris green or 4 lb. arsenate of 
lead in 100 gal. of water. Ordinarily the poison should be combined 
with bordeaux (for leaf-spot). 
Cut-worms. — Probably the remedy for cut-worms most often prac- 
ticed in gardens, and which cannot fail to be effective when faithfully 
carried out, is hand-picking with lanterns at night or digging them out 
from around the base of the infested plants during the day. Bushels 
of cut-worms have been gathered in this way, and with profit. When 
from some cause success does not attend the use of the poisoned baits, 
to be discussed next, hand-picking is the only other method yet recom- 
mended that can be relied upon to check cut-worm depredations. 
The best methods yet devised for killing cut-worms in any situation 
are the poisoned baits, using Paris green or arsenate of lead for the 
purpose. Poisoned bunches of clover or weeds have been thoroughly 
tested, even by the wagon-load, over large areas, and nearly all have 
reported them very effective; lamb’s quarters (pigweed), pepper- 
grass, and mullein are among the weeds especially attractive to cut- 
worms. On small areas the making of the baits is done by hand, but 
they have been prepared on a large scale by spraying the plants in the 
field, cutting them with a scythe or machine, and pitching them from 
wagons in small bunches wherever desired. Distributed a few feet 
apart, between rows of garden plants at nightfall, they have attracted 
and killed enough cut-worms often to save a large proportion of 
the crop; if the bunches can be covered with a shingle, they will 
keep fresher much longer. The fresher the baits, and the more thor- 
oughly the baiting is done, the more cut-worms one can destroy. How- 
ever, it may sometimes happen that a sufficient quantity of such green 
succulent plants cannot be obtained early enough in the season in 
some localities. In this case, and we are not sure but in all cases, the 
poisoned bran mash can be used to the best advantage. It is easily 
