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BUSH FRUITS 



entire crop is damaged by them. The gooseberry fruit 

 worm is perhaps the most serious and is the larva of a small 

 grayish moth. The female lays her eggs on the fruit and, 

 after hatching, the larvae enter the fruit and feed on the pulp. 

 Occasionally one worm will enter several berries and join 

 all of them by a web. In the small home garden hand 

 picking is perhaps as effective a remedy as can be suggested. 

 This is not practical on a large scale, and some other method 

 still remains to be worked out. 



SPRAYING OUTLINE FOR THE CURRANTS AND THE 

 GOOSBERRIES. 



Number 

 of spray. 



First 



Time to spray. 

 Before buds swell in spring 



Second Just as leaves are expanding 



Third When fruit is one-fourth grown 



Fourth Near ripening season if worms 



. are troublesome on the fruit 



Spray materials. 



Commercial lime sulphur di- 

 luted 1 gallon to 8 gallons 

 of water. 



Commercial lime sulphur, 1 

 gallon to 35 gallons of water 

 or 4—4-50 Bordeaux plus 2 

 pounds arsenate of lead to 

 50 gallons of spray. 



Same as second. 



Fresh hellebore or pyrethrum, 

 4 ounces to 2 gallons of 

 water, or dusted on at the 

 rate of 1 pound to 5 pounds 

 of flour or air-slaked lime. 



If the aphis or plant louse appears, spray the plants with 

 Black Leaf 40 at the rate of 1 part to 500 parts of water. 

 Any wilted foliage should be cut out and destroyed because 

 this usually indicates the borer. 



REVIEW QUESTIONS. 



1. Name the bush fruits and tell why they are so called. 



2. Differentiate between the several lands of currants. 



3. How does the currant differ from the gooseberry? 



4. Discuss the propagation of the bush fruits. 



5. Why is it mure desirable to propagate the bush fruits by cuttings 

 instead of by seed? 



6. Why should the gooseberry be propagated by layering instead of by 

 cuttings? 



7. What soil is preferable for the currant and the gooseberry? 



