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section are most strongly advised to watch for the development 

 of the insect next season and to spray with an arsenical poison all 

 trees showing signs of its work, since it is very important to control 

 it so far as possible because experience has demonstrated that it is 

 easier to handle an outbreak in its incipiency than to begin after 

 serious losses have occurred. 



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POTATO APHIS 



Macrosiphutn solanijoUi Ashm. 



The season of 191 7 was remarkable for a widespread outbreak 

 of potato aphids, mostly the above-mentioned species, though the 

 green peach aphis, Myzus persicae Sulz., may have been 

 associated in the destructive work. It is quite probable that this 

 unexpected outbreak was due to climatic peculiarities, particularly 

 as this insect is known as a somewhat destructive species in the 

 cooler, presumably normally moister climate of Maine. 



