THE RASPBERRY 



INSECT ENEMIES OF THE FOLIAGE 



The Raspberry Slug is the larva of a four- 

 winged black fly with a reddish abdomen, which 

 deposits eggs in the leaf during spring. They hatch 

 into small, whitish worms that feed upon the tender 

 foliage, and in a few weeks become full-grown. They 

 are then ^ inch long, of a dark green color, and 

 have the body thickly covered with spinose tubercles. 

 The slugs now descend to the ground, and construct 

 rather firm cocoons slightly beneath the soil surface. 

 They remain in these cocoons until spring, when they 

 come forth as flies. 



Remedy — Spray the infested bushes with pow- 

 dered hellebore. Use from one-half to one pound of 

 hellebore to 50 gallons of water, and apply forcibly, 

 as soon as the worms appear. 



FUNGUS ENEMIES 



The Anthracnose or Cane-rust of the raspberry 

 is one of the most vexatious diseases with which the 

 fruit-grower has to contend. Infested canes are char- 

 acterized by having numbers of peculiar, grayish, 

 depressed spots upon the surface, the spots usually 

 having a dark purple margin. This injury is accom- 

 panied by a splitting or cracking of the bark, which 

 becomes deeper as the cane ripens, and finally extends 

 nearly to the pith. The spores are developed usually 

 in the central portions of the spots, appearing to the 

 unaided eye as yellowish elevations. Canes so at- 

 tacked become dwarfed and worthless. 



