OP THE FARil AKD GARDEK. 



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rooting up every affected plant and burning it. It may 

 be that applications of lime, salt, or some similar sub- 

 stance would check the disease, and while these may be 

 safely tried as preventiye measures, the destroying of all 

 infested plants should not be omitted. 



THE RASPBEERY. 



the Blackberry, 



As the Raspberry is closely allied to 

 and belongs to the same genus, the 

 diseases and insects infesting both do 

 not materially dilfer. Some few spe- 

 cies of insects seem to prefer the Rasp- 

 berry, notably among which is what 

 is called the the Red-necked Bu- 

 pestris {Agrilus rnficol- 

 lis, fig. 132), a small 

 beetle that seems to be 

 particularly fond of the 

 red and black-cap vari- 

 eties, hut will occasion- 

 ally attack the Black- 

 berry. The larva bores 

 into the canes in sum- 

 mer, causiug large ex- 

 crescences or galls (fig. 

 133), checking the flow of sap, and 

 causing the death of the cane. This 

 insect seems to be far more plentiful 

 in the Western than Eastern States; 

 but it is widely distributed, and every 

 cultivator of the Raspberry may as 

 well be on the lookout for it, and 

 gather and burn all canes ujoon which galls of any kind 

 are found. 



Fiu". 133.— GALLS IN 

 RASPBERRY CANE. 



