. The successful stockman and manual of husbandry . Livestock; Veterinary medicine. FRUIT CULTURE. 539. this way many thousands of these httle worms are scalded to death. Currant Worms. There are two varieties of the currant worm, one of them native and the other im- ported. Both worms originally were found almost entirely upon the gooseberry, but now attack the currant and gooseberry alike. Our cut shows the larvae at work. There is an effectual remedy for these worms in the powder of white helebore. This powder is of a light greenish-yellow, and should be mixed with water in the proportion o
. The successful stockman and manual of husbandry . Livestock; Veterinary medicine. FRUIT CULTURE. 539. this way many thousands of these httle worms are scalded to death. Currant Worms. There are two varieties of the currant worm, one of them native and the other im- ported. Both worms originally were found almost entirely upon the gooseberry, but now attack the currant and gooseberry alike. Our cut shows the larvae at work. There is an effectual remedy for these worms in the powder of white helebore. This powder is of a light greenish-yellow, and should be mixed with water in the proportion of an ounce to a pailful of water, and sprinkled freely on IMPORTED CURRANT WORM the vines. One application by AT WORK. means of the ordinary sprinkling pot greatly diminishes them in number, and the second will almost complete the job. The perfect insect in both the native ^ ^ and imported varieties are saw- ^ft flies. Wood ashes have been applied to the bushes when the . imported currant worm. dew was on, but while it destroys the worm, it also injures the leaves and the growing fruit. Cabbage Worm. This is in many parts of the country a great pest to the cabbage grower. The butterflies resemble the common yellow butterfly very much and appears about the last of May or the beginning of June. The butterfly deposits its eggs on the under side of the cabbage leaves three or four in a place. The eggs are about one- sixteenth of an inch in length, larger at CABBAGE BUTTERFLY. one end than at the other, and yellow- ish in color. In about ten days after the eggs are laid; there appears greenish worms which are great feeders. The butterflies are lazy and can be easily trapped with a hand 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 Gardenier, Andrew A. Springfield, Mass. : King-Richardson Co.
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