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beans, 21 of swfct corn, and 17 of cantaloupes. Brief statements are 

 made regarding" experiments witli strawbeiries, but dry weatlier ren- 

 dered the crop of I-SIU almost a total failure. The following varieties 

 of vegetables are especially commended : On ions. — Spanish King (Prize- 

 Taker), Yellow Globe Danvers. and Large Yellow Strasbnrg. Lettuce. — 

 Green Fringed, Golden Queen, and French iJlockhead. Iiddi.she.s, — 

 Acme, Violet Turni}) White Tijjped, White Lady Finger, Sandwich, and 

 Early Garnet Turnip. l*eas. — Henderson First of All, Landreth l^xtra 

 Early, Dwarf Early Frame, American ^^'onder, liluelJeauty, and Strat- 

 agem. Cahhaiien. — Select Early Jersey Wakefi<'ld, Louisville Early 

 iJrumhead, All Head Early, Large Flat Dutch, and J'remium Flat 

 Dutch. Tomatoes. — Early Euby ("by fiir the best in our list"), Allen, 

 Lacrosse Seedling, Table Queen, Favorite, Long Keeper, and Paragon. 

 Beans. — Improved Golden Wax, Hlack ICye NN'ax, Crystal Wax,Valen- 

 tiue, and Mohawk. Hweet corn. — Henderson Sugar, Early Landreth, 

 Maikct, an«l Early Alaska. Cantaloupes. — Salmon and Green, P.anqnet, 

 Osage, Dcliiionico. and Turk Ga]>. 



Kentucky Station. Bulletin No. 39. March. 1892 (pp. 11). 



Prklimi^auv wokk on some Ken'ji <kv makl.s, A. M. Pktkk. M. 

 S. — Pemarks on the use of marls for fertilizing i)urposes and analy.ses 

 of L'O sam^iles of nmrls from dittereut i>arts of the Statc\ 



Kentucky Station, Bulletin No. 40, March, 1892 (pp. 51). 



SOTE COMMON PESTS OF THE FARM AND GARDEN, H. GARMAN 

 (plates 2, figs. 2S), — De.scrii)tive notes, with suggesti«>ns as to remedies, 

 on the following insects: Hessian lly {('erithnni/i(t ihstrnetor), grain louse 

 {Sij>hon(tp}tora arena'), h(ni\ lly (Ilatnatohia serrata), \\o\\sq ^y {Musea 

 (lomestiea), ox botlly ((Ksinis hori.s). army worm (Ileliophila tinipuneta), 

 tobacco worm [I'hleyethontius Carolina), cutworm {A(jrotis wessoria 

 and ^l. suh(/otliiea), wirewoiin, rose slug {SehiniJria roso'), imjiorted 

 currant worm {yematus rentricosus), cabbage worm {Pieris raj)a'), 

 Colorado potato beetle {Doriiphora Wlineatu), .strii>ed cucumber beetle 

 {Diahrotiea rittata), pea weevil (?>/-f/c//M.v j)/.?/), Ix-an weevil (lirnclins 

 obsoletns), vtuWiw^ moth (('ar2)ocfipsa j>owu>;»c/^(), jdum curculi«» (Cono- 

 trachclus neniqjhar), tent caterjiillar (CUsiocainpa americana), fall web- 

 woiin {Jfjiphantria cunra], maple tr<'e bark louse {Pnlrinaria innuinera- 

 hilis), and turnip leaf miner (DrosopliHa sp.). 



A turnip leaf miner. — In the fall of 1S!H leaves of turnips jdanti'd near 

 the station were found to be badly blist«'red by a grub closely allied to 

 ]>rosi>phila Jlara. The larva. i)Ui)arium, and imago are illustrated. 



Tlio mines vaiitMl at tliis time (OctolM^r) from O.2.") t<» 2 imhes in diaiiirtor, but 

 in some cases tlu-y were oonruu'd hargi'ly along tlu' veins, sometimes forming gal- 

 leries altove most of the larger of these. They oeenr in most cases on the ujiper 

 side and are to he reeognized chiefly by their whitish color. • • » 



The mines -were first noted October 9. At this date many infeste<l leaves were 

 placed under bell jars at the .station, and subsequcJilly pupa' and imagos were 



