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INJURIOUS IJ^SECTS 



where. The perfect insect is a small Snout-beetle, or 

 Curculio, shown in figure 130, enlarged, the line giving 

 the real size. The eggs are laid in the 

 crowns of the plants, where the grubs 

 destroy the embryo fruit stalks and leaves. 

 The only remedy thus far suggested is, 

 to plow up tiie infested plantations as soon 

 as the fruit is gathered, while the young 

 grubs are still in the crowns of the plants. 



Fig. 130. -STRAW- OTHER ENEMIES TO THE STRAWBERRY. 



BERRY CROWN- ot j • n t • 



BORER. Sometimes a green ny or aphis, espe- 



cially in light, loose soil, will attack the 

 roots in large numbers. Dry ashes, or the use of the 

 refuse dust of tobacco factories, a^^plied close to these 

 plants will destroy these insects; so would the use of 

 tobacco-water. 



The Red Spider is often injurious to the Strawberry, 

 when forced under glass, and sometimes, in dry seasons, 

 in the open ground. In either case, copious waterings, 

 a thorough drenching of the leaves, is the best remedy. 



THE BLACKBERRY. 



Some ten years ago, the cultivators of the Blackberry 

 in various parts of New Jersey noticed that the ends of 

 the young growing canes in summer would occasionally 

 curl, twist about, and often assume a singular, fasci- 

 ated form, resulting in an entire check to their growth. 

 The leaves on these infested shoots did not die and fall 

 off, but merely curled up, sometimes assuming a deeper 

 green than the healthy leaves on the same stalk. At the 

 approach of winter the infested leaves remained firmly 



