68 RASPBERRIES 
Yellow Antwerp, and October Red. Other useful 
varieties are Hornet, Northumberland Fillbasket—an 
excellent variety for cold soils and northern districts— 
and Perpetuel de Billard, the latter an autumn fruit, 
bearing immense berries. 
THE RASPBERRY’S ENEMIES 
On the whole, raspberries cannot be considered as 
subject to general attack on the part of insects. In 
light soils, where moisture cannot be supplied regularly 
and in quantity, red spider will attack the foliage, but if 
generous treatment is afforded the plantation this pest 
need not be feared. There are, however, a few enemies 
that occasionally attack raspberries so viciously that some 
remarks upon their habits and suggestions for their 
extermination seem necessary here. 
RaspBERRY BeerLe.— This little beast (Byturus 
tomentosus) is a tiny buff-brown beetle when perfect, 
but in its larval state the yellow-brown grubs eat the 
fruit receptacle. The beetles eat the pollen and so 
damage the reproductive organs that fertilisation is 
either stopped or only partially effected. Hunt for the 
beetles in June when they visit the opening flowers, and 
trap them by means of freshly tarred boards held ina 
slanting position below the branches, while the latter 
are tapped or shaken. After an attack the early re- 
moval of fruited canes, fallen leaves, and loose mulching 
material is desirable, burning the whole at once. 
RaspspERRY Bubp Motru.—The perfect moth of this 
tiny pest (Lampronia rubiella) is so insignificant that 
though it flies by day it is seldom noticed. But the 
small red, brown-headed larve is capable of doing a vast 
amount of mischief to raspberries both in spring and 
autumn. ‘The yellow-brown moth deposits her eggs in 
