. Amateur fruit growing. Fruit-culture. CURRAKTS AND GOOSEBERRIES. foliage. They will frequently strip a bush of its leaves in a few- day's time if left to themselves. Figure 22 shows the worms at work in the latter stage of their growth. When full growm they are three quarters of an inch long. There are two broods of these worms; the first appearing before or about the time the fruit is ripe, and the second two or three weeks later. The mature insect is a fly somewhat resembling the housefly {Fig. 23). Remedy.—Powdered hellebore mixed with its bulk of flour may be dusted on the plants when th
. Amateur fruit growing. Fruit-culture. CURRAKTS AND GOOSEBERRIES. foliage. They will frequently strip a bush of its leaves in a few- day's time if left to themselves. Figure 22 shows the worms at work in the latter stage of their growth. When full growm they are three quarters of an inch long. There are two broods of these worms; the first appearing before or about the time the fruit is ripe, and the second two or three weeks later. The mature insect is a fly somewhat resembling the housefly {Fig. 23). Remedy.—Powdered hellebore mixed with its bulk of flour may be dusted on the plants when the foliage is wet, or it may be useO. at the rate of one ounce of powdered hellebore to a gallon of wa'^.r and be sprayed on the foliage. Used in either way it is a ve7 V cheap, effective and easily applied remedy. But hellebore is. Fig. 22,.—Currant worvis {Nematus ventricosus) a' work on the leaves. quite poisonous and is not safe to use when the fruit is ripe, although no danger wiU exist if several days should elapse after the application before the fruit is gathered, and a light shower after the hellebore is applied will remove all danger from it. Py- rethrum insect powder is a good, safe and effective remedy when applied just at night, but it is very expensive and difficult to obtain, of a good quality, at any price. Where these insects nave made their appearance the first in- dication of them should be watched for in following years and great care taken to destroy ihe first brood each season. Growers. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Green, Samuel Bowdlear, 1859- [from old catalog]. Minneapolis, Farm, stock and home publishing co.
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