Injurious Insects. 



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Gooseberry. Currant-Borer. — See under Currant. 

 Currant Measuring or Span-Worm. — See under Currant. 

 Four-striped Plant-Bug. — See under Currant. 

 Gooseberry or Currant- Worm. — See under Currant. 

 Gooseberry Fruit- Worm (Dakruma convolutella, Hubn.). — 

 Larva, about three-fourths inch long, greenish or yellowish, 

 feeding in the berry, causing it to ripen prematurely. 



Preventive. — Spray just before eggs are laid with the sulphur 

 and whale-oil soap wash. 



Remedies. — Destroy affected berries. Clean cultivation. 

 Poultry. 



Green Leaf-Hopper. — See under Currant. 

 Grape. Apple-tree Borer.— See under Apple. 

 Grape-berry Worm (Eudemis botrana, Schiff,)- — Larva, about 

 one-fourth inch long, ^feeding in the berry, often securing 

 three or four together in a web ; two broods. 



Remedy. — Burn the affected berries before the larva 

 escapes. 



Grape-Curculio (Craponius incequalis, Say.). — Larva small, 

 black with a grayish tint. Infests the grape in June and 

 July, causing a little black hole in the skin and a discolora- 

 tion of the berry immediately around it. 



Remedies. — Jarring and removing berries. The beetle may 

 be jarred down on sheets, as with the plum-curculio. Bag- 

 ging the clusters. 



Grape-seed Worm (Isosomavitis, Saunders). — A minute grub, 

 living in the seed of the grape and causing it to become dis- 

 torted. The injured grapes shrivel. 

 Remedy. — Burn the affected fruit. 



Grape-Slug or Saw-Fly (Selandria vitis, Harris). — Larva, 

 about one-half inch long, yellowish green with black points, 

 feeding upon the leaves ; two broods. 

 Re m ed ies . — Arsenates . Hellebore . 



Grape-vine Fidia (Fidia viticida). — Beetlej resembles the 

 rose-bug, somewhat shorter and broader. It appears during 

 June and July, riddling the leaves. 



Remedies. — Jarring the trees ; the least jar is sufficient. 

 Poultry. 



Grape-vine Flea-Beetle (Graptodera chalyhea, Illig.). — Beetle, 

 about one-fourth inch long, feeding upon the buds and ten- 

 der shoots in early spring. 



