Diseases & insects of the home garden . ot the eggs of the caterpillar, as it does notlay eggs. They are cases or cocoons from which come little wasps thatsting and kill tomato hornworms. Do not kill hornworms that arecarrying these cases, as the wa-sps will be killed also. TOMATO FRUITWORM.—The tomato fruitworni (fig. 42), also calledthe corn earworm, is the cause of much trouble to tomato growers as iteats into the ripening fruit and destroys it. Treatment.—Lead arsenate (see page 28) put on two or three timeswill keep the insect partially under control. As long as sweet corn isnearby, the w
Diseases & insects of the home garden . ot the eggs of the caterpillar, as it does notlay eggs. They are cases or cocoons from which come little wasps thatsting and kill tomato hornworms. Do not kill hornworms that arecarrying these cases, as the wa-sps will be killed also. TOMATO FRUITWORM.—The tomato fruitworni (fig. 42), also calledthe corn earworm, is the cause of much trouble to tomato growers as iteats into the ripening fruit and destroys it. Treatment.—Lead arsenate (see page 28) put on two or three timeswill keep the insect partially under control. As long as sweet corn isnearby, the worms will let the tomatoes alone. Hand picking is goodin small gardens. FLEA-BEETLES.— Thepotato Sea,-beetle fre-quently attacks toma-toes and does muchdamage. Treatment.— Dip theyoung plants in a lead-arsenate solution (3ounces of lead-arsenatepaste in 1 gallon ofwater) before settingthem out. Sprayingwith Bordeaux mixture(see page 27) will drive the beetles Fig. 41.—Tomato homworm: a, moth; b, hornworm; c, DISEASES AND INSECTS OF THE HOME GARDEN 27
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