. Biggle berry book; small fruit facts from bud to box conserved into understandable form. Fruit-culture. 94 BIGGLE BERRY BOOK back, and gradually replace the older stalks with younger ones. Burn all clippings promptly, for thus the borer is kept down. The princi- pal other enemy is the currant-worm, which attacks the leaves of both cur- rant and gooseber- ry in early spring. Remedy : Spray the bushes with the hellebore mixture, but do it promptly when the first worm is seen ; watch the bushes closely shortly after the leaves unfold in the spring. Fun- gous blight troubles can be controlled wi
. Biggle berry book; small fruit facts from bud to box conserved into understandable form. Fruit-culture. 94 BIGGLE BERRY BOOK back, and gradually replace the older stalks with younger ones. Burn all clippings promptly, for thus the borer is kept down. The princi- pal other enemy is the currant-worm, which attacks the leaves of both cur- rant and gooseber- ry in early spring. Remedy : Spray the bushes with the hellebore mixture, but do it promptly when the first worm is seen ; watch the bushes closely shortly after the leaves unfold in the spring. Fun- gous blight troubles can be controlled with Bordeaux; it is advisable to use this mixture on all plantations of currants where the foliage drops early. Sulphur for mildew is often used. In some locahties the currant-fly is troublesome. It deposits eggs in the berries and soon the currants are wormy. No good remedies are known. Preven- tive measures, however, are often helpful. These are : The prompt gathering and burning of infested fruit; allowing chickens to run among the bushes. If lice attack the leaves, use one of the lice rem-. CURRANT-WORMS DIDN T GET THIS PATCH — EARLY HELLEBORE SPRAYS KILLED THEM. 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 Biggle, Jacob. Philadelphia, Wilmer Atkinson co.
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