. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects -- Ontario Periodicals. 50 The Grapevine Tomato-Gall, (Vitis tomatos.) {Made by Lasioptera vibis 0. S.) (Order, Diptera, Family, Cecidomyidae.). The following clipping ?will show that this gall, which is quite common on the River Bank grape and its cultivated varie- ties, has not remained unnoticed by the curious, and that it has, like the others, its ruit resemblances. Freak in a Vineyard.— In gathering grapes to-day we found one of the clusters in shape a perfect tmnato. It is of quite large size, and on the outside is
. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects -- Ontario Periodicals. 50 The Grapevine Tomato-Gall, (Vitis tomatos.) {Made by Lasioptera vibis 0. S.) (Order, Diptera, Family, Cecidomyidae.). The following clipping ?will show that this gall, which is quite common on the River Bank grape and its cultivated varie- ties, has not remained unnoticed by the curious, and that it has, like the others, its ruit resemblances. Freak in a Vineyard.— In gathering grapes to-day we found one of the clusters in shape a perfect tmnato. It is of quite large size, and on the outside is divided into eight segments or lobes, having a seed to correspond with each segment or lobe. It was found on a cluster of one of Rogers' Hybrids, and a peculiarity is, that the grape is blue, while this is red. In flesh and seeds and all else it is a perfect grape. President Wilder's Trophy tomato stands about three rods from the vine. I call upon President Wilder to explain with what sort of propa- gating qualities he has invested his Trophy tomato, to know, if we continue the cultiva- tion of that fruit, whether our apples, plums, cherries, etc., will or will not turn into Tro- phy tomatoes. I have saved the eight seeds for the further solution of the problem. If President Wilder declines an explanation for fear of the consequences, I call upon all the horticulturists of America to commence at once an investigation and I will furnish them with the hide, which I have carefully preserved as a testimony against him.— Rural New Yorker. Fig. 40. Dausville, Livigston County, Oct. 6th, 1872. E. L. Dorr. It is the most variable gall with which I am acquainted, as it may be found of all sorts of fantastic shapes, from the single, round cranberry like swelling on a tendril to the large collection of irregular bulbous swellings on the stem or leaf-stalk ; sometimes looking not un- like a bunch of currants or a bunch of grapes, but more often like a bunch of diminutiTe tomatoes,
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