Show INSECT ENEMY OF CURRANTS common worm can be controlled by spraying with some poison two other pests the chief insect enemy the currant has Is the common currant worm this con can be controlled by spraying with some home poison either parts green at the rate of five ounces to 50 gallons of water and one pound ot of lime or arsenate of lead two pounds to CO 50 gallons this should be applied ihen the currants are beginning to form and it necessary repeated repealed in two weeks there Is also a green plant louse which attacks the currant foliage and frequently causes considerable damage by sucking the sap the only way this can be controlled Is by the application catlon of black leaf 40 before the lice cause the leaves to curl after the leaves curl there here Is very little that can be done to check this pest it t usually disappears about mer as tit at that time it goes to another plant occasionally the currant Is attacked by the san jose scale or more frequently by the european plant scale either of 0 these scales can be controlled by the regular application of time lime sulphur before abe th buds start in the spring the regular commercial lime sulphur testing 32 dc degrees reaume beaume should be diluted at the rate of one gallon to eight ounces of water |