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Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14635, 13 February 1918, Page 13

THE CABBAGE'FLY.

Every season this pest is responsible for .the destruction of thousands of plants of the cabbage tribe. So far as mature plants are concerned we have other vegetables to take their place, and cabbages are not much sought after, (says the writer of garden notes an the.Wangmvui "Herald"). It is, however, with Brussels sprouts, broccoli, and other winter supplies, together with small recently-sown' cabbage plants, that the rosultsare.so disastrous. After a few days, and almost before one js a-ware of it, the foihgo is ykoioioji".ised or entirely eaten away. .Not only does this pest attack cabbage, but stocks rant ■ candytuft, H: sown eariv come v'.-.dav its aUonuou. Tii,:^ ..ni-e many cures given, arid one oi the- most simple is the .follou-iug, given by i-' TO _ lessor JTiiey: '•'.Every worm visible upon the calbiigss may b'a killed by the Use of hot v.ater at "a temperature of 120 degrees Fji-r.-orthait.. The -v-utcr may be coiling \vhen it is -put into the water-.ing-ciin, but it will not he too hot when •it reaches the plants, the thick -fleshy Mature" of which-.enables-them to withstand considerable heat with very little injury. It it is Very hot it will colour eomr: of the loaves, but even where the cabbage is .scalded) it will recover 'and ■ renew: growth from the heart." .This latter part may apply to large plants, Ibut "with seedlings it would he diiferent,. and tlie water' shoxild'be cooled tkrwn so that tho hand can be held in it."