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Hildreth, which is one of the late varieties, but which shows a marked 

 reduction in injury over Commercial White and White Democrat, two 

 varieties requiring approximately the same growing period as Hildreth. 



President Wilmon Newell: The next paper is "A Contribution 

 Toward the Control of Peridroma saiicia as a Tomato Fruit Worm," 

 by C. L. Metcalf. 



A CONTRIBUTION TOWARD THE CONTROL OF PERIDROMA 

 SAUCIA AS A TOMATO FRUIT WORM 



By C. L. Metcalf, Columbus, Ohio 

 (Paper withdrawn for publication elsewhere) 



Mr. George A. Dean: I should like to ask Dr. Metcalf if he used 

 either lemons or oranges in the bran mash. 



Mr. C. L. Metcalf: Not in this particular test, though they were 

 used in some of the other experiments apparently with no attractiveness 

 for the larvae over the mash without them. 



Mr. George A. Dean: I will say that in Kansas we have had three 

 rather serious outbreaks of the cutworm. We had one in 1909 when 

 we made a miserable failure in the use of poison bran mash without the 

 fruit juice, either lemons or oranges, which had not been used previous 

 to that time. In 1914, when we had the large outbreak of both cut- 

 worms and aiTny worms, the poison bran mash with lemons and oranges 

 was used and this gave practicalh^ one hundred per cent, control. 

 Again in 1919, when we had the great outbreak on alfalfa over the entire 

 state, we used the poison bran mash with lemons and oranges success- 

 fully. In all these outbreaks the cutworm took on the habits of an army 

 worm, going over the whole field, and in every instance where we used 

 the bran mash with the fruit juice, we brought the insect under control. 

 But in 1909 we had a miserable failure without it. 



President Wilmon Newell: The next paper is entitled "The Pea 

 Moth in Wisconsin," by Charles L. Fluke, Jr. 



THE PEA MOTH IN WISCONSIN 



By Chas. L. Fluke, Jr., University oj Wisconsin, Madison 



The pea moth is one of the most serious pests of peas in northeastern 

 Wisconsin. This insect is as important to the pea growers in the penin- 



