Show flou CULTIVATE TO KILL INSECTS wormy raspberries Rasp berries are not necessary evil many can be destroyed by exposing to enemies wormy raspberries rasp berries still fresh in the minds ot of the pickers are fortunately not a necessary evil berries which are infested with raspberry fruit worms cannot be shipped any distance they make the box unsightly soon fall apart and require unnecessary work of the housewife during the picking season and immediately med lately after the seasons close the worms drop to the ground where after about six weeks they change to a helpless delicate pupa in the spring they transform to snail small adult brownish beetles about one seventh of an inch long being hungry they immediately chew elongated holes in the young tender leaves and later make holes in the buds often from 30 to 15 per cent of the buds may be destroyed in this manner since the insects are helpless in the ground cultivation in the late fall and early spring will kill mani many of them or expose them to their enemies they can bo be killed also by spraying with four pounds of lead arsenate paste to 50 gallons of water about the first or second week in may when the young plants are about six inches high it is important to have all neglected wild bushes destroyed for these serve as breeding grounds |