of ^rape plume inoth has been leporteo. t^.ls year. The larvae 

 were sufficiently •■'Uaierous to cau.:e a vebbii-j.; of practiclly 

 all of tiie shoot" tips. In £ener3l, it snould :0t be i^eceis^ry 

 to spray rrape vi?-:es jiore than trjee tlaies In jlarsachusetts . 

 Pruning is of greater i.iportance to the velfare of trxe average 

 vine, than spraying. 



Ras pber ry In^'ectr "ot a £eripus Pro blem 



P.aspberrv insects csu:e ^:uc.h Ic?.; trouble to pla^iti-u'S 

 in ivlarsachiir-etts"^ t:'-.an do the ^'irus diseases. Insects, therefore, 

 seldo.a reqi;lre in-^ch sp'civil attention. T:.ree insects quite com- 

 monly found are the tane borer, the raspberry beetle (Dyturus) , 

 and the zre-r- orick'-t. The latter is rel' tively unii^portant, 

 altho^if'h canes are occ" sionally scarred v':-;ere t:ie insect inserts 

 its er^s. T"! e Bytnrus beetle is a small, slirntly aairy, li£nt 

 brovn beetle about 1/7 incr. in len:th. It anpears in Jay and 

 befins feedi'^c c^ t-ie buds and tne I'^r'ves ana later attacks tije 

 blosso:iiS. This pest aay also attack blackberries. Control is 

 fairly easy if the canes rsre spra/ed v it V, lead "rrenj tc as tne 

 first beetles appear. The cane borer results in t;.e dyini, of 

 t'ce youn- tip beyond the point v here t."0 circular incisions are 

 isiade. Cutting- off and destroying t'.e^e tips is quite effective. 

 A fev days ago a portic^ of a blacKberry plant vas .aailed into 

 the Ftate College shoving a serious infestation of Lecanium scale, 

 This pest occasionsll;' attacks peach tre'-'^s but is not cooLaon on 

 the bramble. 



