GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyright 1913 by k. M. Kellogg Co.. Three Rivers, Mich. 
which will in turn dispose of their larvae. But 
where these have been present on the vines dur- 
ing the fruiting season the vines should be burned 
over after the fruit is picked. 
The White Grub 
THIS is a very persistent enemy of the straw- 
berry. Because it burrows deeply into the 
soil it is very difficult to reach. In fact, the only 
safe way is to free the soil from the grub before 
the plants are set. Late in the fall preceding 
the setting out of the plants plow the ground 
and bring the grub to the surface. If the weath- 
er is very cold when this is done, many of the 
grubs will be frozen. To add to the assurance 
of their extermination it will be well to turn in 
hogs, or poultry, or both, while the plowing is 
going forward. As the white grub is a delicious 
morsel to both poultry and hogs, they will be 
greedily devoured by the animals. After the 
plants are growing in the spring, if the white 
grub be found in the plot, the only thing to do is 
to dig down to the roots of any plant apparently 
affected by the grub, catch the grub and kill him. 
The Aphis or Root Louse 
THE presence of ants about the strawberry 
patch is an almost unfailing indication of the 
presence of the root louse, or aphis, which works 
upon the roots of the plants. The lice have no 
means of locomotion, but are carried on the backs 
of the ants from plant to plant. If the surface 
of the ground about the plants constantly is stir- 
red, the ants soon will be driven out, and this 
will result in the destruction of the louse. A 
simple preventive that keeps the root lice from 
attacking the plants is tobacco tea, which is 
made by boihng one pound of tobacco stems in 
five gallons of water for twenty minutes. Let 
this cool and then, just before the plants are set, 
dip the roots up to the crown. Tobacco is so of- 
fensive to the lice that they will never touch a 
root thus treated. 
Fungous Diseases That Affect the Strawberry 
SPRAYING the plants with lime-sulphur solu- 
tion is now recognized as one of the most 
effective preventatives against all forms of fun- 
gous diseases. We advise our patrons to purchase 
the prepared lime-sulphur solution unless they are 
very extensive growers and require very large 
quantities of spraying materials. Two gallons of 
the prepared solution will thoroughly impregnate 
fifty gallons of water, and the standard prepara- 
tions made by the reliable chemists are likely to be 
better than those made by a novice. Leaf spot, 
or rust, is a fungous growth which spreads by 
spores. The spot looks like iron rust with a white 
dot in the center. This rust, if permitted to 
spread, will do great injury, as the disease eats 
into the tissue of the leaf, greatly interfering 
with its growth. Another injurious disease is mil- 
dew or leaf-curl. Examine the leaf through a 
magnifying glass and you will note that a delicate 
web has been woven over the tissue of the affect- 
ed leaf. This has a tendency to curl the leaf as 
though it were badly affected by drouth. No 
spraying should be done after fruit begins to 
form. Strawberries have a corrugated surface, 
and particles of the poisonous materials may ad- 
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