| Show AND A INSECT I 1 A year ago last spring I 1 had from you fifty each of cherry currants and pays fays prolific they have grown into sturdy bushes but while pays mys prolific this year bears fine fruit the cherry currants have scarcely a sign of fruit Is there something wrong or does jhb pays fays prolific always come into bearing earlier both varieties look equally fine 2 another thing many of the currants funy fully half I 1 think thin kare are turning red and dropping early on examining them I 1 find they have a small blemish on them and a tiny worm inside can anything be done to prevent this thanking you for information in the past MRS E H H bath maine I 1 the cherry currant in this case has been making so strong a growth that few fruit spurs were made last year and consequently but little fruit this season but the plants will be all the more able to beer bear another year and there need be no fear concerning them 2 the insect infesting the currant fruit as bove above mentioned is undoubtedly what is called the currant fly epochs canadensis in relation to it saunders in insects injurious to 6 fruits says this insect is occa sion ally bally found attacking the fruit of both the red and the white currant cur in its perfect state otate it is a two winged fly which lays Hs eggs ox 01 the currants while they are small the larva enters them while still green and feeds on their contents leaving a round black sear scar at the point of entry the affected currants ripen prematurely and shortly decay and drop to the ground when on opening them there will be found in each a small white grub about one third of an inch long which when whan mature leaves the currant and probably passes the chrysalis chrysl ls state under ground As the habits and the life eycle cycle of this insect are similar in fact almost identical with those of the gooseberry fruit worm the same means may bp be employed to destroy it the most important operation is to bo pick off the prematurely colored berries as soon as discovered and burn bum them by carefully doing this tor for two years the number of the insects will be greatly lessened dusting the bushes with air slacked lime soon after the blooming season and repeating it after heavy rains will v ll 11 prevent the fly jo to a great extent from depositing their eggson eggs on the berries vicks magazine x |
