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Fig. 1. The Strawberry Weevil; a, strawberry plant with blossoms cut 

 by the beetle; b, the cut buds; c, the egg; d, the larva; e, its 

 head; f, pupa; g, an open blossom showing holes eaten by the 

 beetle; b to f, much enlarged. From Div. of Ent, U. S. Dept. 

 of Agl. 



The Strawberry Weevil was locally abundant, and especially 

 in parts of Atlantic county where the injury was attributed to a 

 saw-fly. There was no very general occurrence throughout the 

 State, however, and no very large loss was reported. From in- 

 formation received and reports at hand it would seem as if in some 

 of the more southern States an unusually heavy loss was inflicted. 



A large part of the time of the entomologist was devoted to 

 practical tests of insecticides and the study of the results obtained 

 by others in actual field and orchard work. While these tests were 

 chiefly directed toward securing a reliable remedy for the per- 

 nicious scale, the results are applicable to a much wider range of 

 insects and will also determine the effect upon the trees and plants 

 to which they were applied. Quite a number of the preparations 

 tried represent commercial attempts to secure a scale killer and the 

 indications are that these attempts will be successful. In a general 

 way the usefulness of the lime and sulphur compounds for sum- 

 mer work was under consideration and. besides the Experiment 

 Orchard, some 300 trees in the peach orchard of Mr. George O. 

 Marsh, near Chester, were used as subjects. 



Another index to the increasing interest in insecticide applica- 

 tions is the increase in variety of spraying machinery. Power 



