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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



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i The zebra caterpillar attacks spinach, 

 »t,| celery and beets. Hand pick 



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If strawberry crowns show the work 

 of borers, burn the old plants when 

 they have finished bearine 



For the cabbage looper use fresh hel- 

 lebore if the cabbages are well headed 





For grasshoppers use the special "grasshopper 

 mixture" if chickens can be kept away for a short 

 time. The hoppers will leave the plants to find the 

 mixture 



Try dusting the silk of sweet corn with a poison to control the worm that works 

 in the kernels. Apply the poison as soon as the silk shows 



Insect Pests of Summer 



Pictured by 



Wf^ A»]7" onp State Entomologist 

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The red humped caterpillar defoliates 

 apples in late summer, working in col- 

 onies. Use a torch, or spray with a 

 poison. Cut off colonies and burn them 



The cane-borer causes raspberry or 

 blackberry canes to bend over sharply 

 toward the top. Cut them off well 

 down at once, and burn, borer and all 



The hedgehog caterpillar is also best 

 controlled by hand picking 



Yellow-necked caterpillars collect in 

 colonies. Remove the twig, apply a 

 torch, or spray with a poison 



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Ants are easily controlled by carbon 

 bisulphide poured into their hills 



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For the common cabbage worm use a poison spray 

 until cabbages are half grown. Then use hellebore. 

 The latter is not dangerous, soon losing its strength 



To control the apple maggot or "railroad worm", 

 keep drops picked up so that none will rot on the 

 ground. Watch early fruit especially 



Cover squash vines at the joints with moist earth, 

 so that they will make extra roots and thus beat out 

 the squash vine borer 



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