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which, as yet, growers have not discovered any remedy 

 for; of these, Z. H. Small, of Harwich, Mass., writes us: 

 "The most destructive, and the least likely to be noticed 

 by growers, is a very small, orange-colored insect, called the 

 * tip-worm,' which preys only on the newly-formed buds 

 at the tip of the shoots. This insect is too small to be 

 readily seen, but its presence is indicated by two leaves at 

 the top of the shoot, standing erect, and concaved, or 

 spoon-bowl shaped, on the inner, or bud side. It seems to 

 do its work in the summer, while the berries are growing, 

 and buds forming for the next year's crop. Very few 

 yards are entirly free from this insect ; some can be found 

 in almost any cranberry patch, and, in a cases, they 

 have been known to destroy the whole crop." 



The tip- worm has been noticed slightly in New Jersey, 

 but most cranberry growers in this State are unacquaint- 

 ed with both the worm and its works. 



Spax-Woem. 



Z. H. Small also alludes to another insect, which he 

 says is a peculiar kind of span-worm, of a dark-brown 

 coloi", making its appearance in swamps, and, like the lo- 

 custs of Egypt, leaving only destruction behind. A few 

 patclies in Massachusetts are attacked by it almost 

 every season, but, as yet, they know nothing of its 

 parentage nor its hnbits, excepting what is witnessed in 

 its work upon the vines. It comes when the fruit is abort 

 setting, and there seems to be no way of destroying it 

 except by raisinir the water, which, at thrd senson of the 

 year, causes the fruit to drop off. This worm is unknown 

 among cranberrry ciilturists in New Jersey. (See ap- 

 pendix.) 



Lack oe Mo^^-et. 



Our list of dii?iculties would be incomplete did we not 

 call attention to the very serious inconvenience which 



