-----------------+--------------+---------------+--------------------- Plants attacked | Chewing | Character | Treatment | insects | of damage | -----------------+--------------+---------------+--------------------- Tomato, pepper, |Flea Beetles |They gnaw or |Dust or spray with eggplant, turnip,| |eat small holes|a prepared nicotine cabbage, etc. | |in the leaves. |or pyrethrum mixture. | | |Bordeaux mixture | | |sprayed, or dusting | | |for disease is also | | |effective as | | |a repellent. | | | | | | Asparagus |Asparagus |Feeds on the |Dust with either |Beetle |shoots and |arsenate of lead or | |brush. |calcium arsenate, | | |mixed with 1 part of | | |wheat flour. Spray | | |with arsenate of lead | | |or calcium arsenate, | | |1 tablespoonful if a | | |paste or 1/2 | | |tablespoonful if a | | |powder, and 1 | | |tablespoonful of lime | | |to 1 gallon of water. | | | | | | All kinds of |Mexican Bean |Eats the under |Dust with 1 part of beans |Beetle |side of leaves |magnesium arsenate | | |mixed with 3 parts of | | |lime, or dust the | | |yellow larva under | | |the leaves with a | | |pyrethrum dust. | | | | | | {|Cabbage Maggot| |Keep the ground {| | |thoroughly cultivated {| | |around the base of Early cabbage {| | |the plant or use tar and cauliflower {| | |paper discs for {| | |larger plantings.