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CERTAtIN ELEilIE,VTS IN NURSERY PRACTICE 215
CbPl t rod. - An application of freshly slaked lime or powdered
arsenate of lead will destroy the slugs. The dust mixtures
emplo?-ed in the control of pear leaf-spot or yellow-leaf of cherry
will also kill them.
t? I’RR.CW ~\‘ORAIS. - The green currant worm (C~~~OWJAUS
a2~~~~“l~li~lll”tl~.s~ and the imported currant worm (Pteroms
ri~~ii> are often destructive on currant and
gooseberr) buslles. These worms appear on
the bushes two or three weeks aft,er the leaves
d~~Jop in the spring, and if numerous they
arc’ able to strip a bush of its leaves within a
ft5v claJ?L
The imported worm is about. j$ inch in
length, green in color with black spots. The
grcc~ worm is smallt~r, has a blackish head
but. lacks the t~1la~4; spots. There may be
three or more broods of the green worm during FIG. ZX. PEW
slugs at work.
the sunimer.
il’or&d. -- ;2p$ications of a dust mixture or a spray SolUtion
contairGrq arsenate of lead will vlleck these insects. The
treatment rc~cc)rnnrcrlclecl for the leaf-spot diseases on currant
will alw ctrmfrd tlw wmns if lead arsenate is added to the
fungicide.