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bo almoGt coinplGtc].y cleaned up by po.rasltes. In the orchard of 

 Edv/ard Jensen in Granville it was necossary to jar several trees 

 "before a single curcullo "beetle could be found, and then one was 

 finally located on a tree next to the woods. Rosy aphid is 

 fairly abundant on certain trees in this orchard. In spite of the 

 extremely cold weather when strawberries v/ere coraing into bloom, 

 the crop Ic surprisingly good. Evidently only a small propor- 

 tion of the blossoms and buds v/cre killed. The strawberry crop 

 in southeastern Mass. v/as none too good, duo to a combination 

 of frost, drought and weevil. Conservation of moisture now in 

 the soil is imperative in certain orchards on droughty soil, in 

 case v/e have anything like the drouth of 1935. Mulching is 

 probably as effective as any practice in the conservation of 

 water. It appears that two grape pests have been more common 

 than usual this spring, the plume moth and the grape cane gall 

 maker. The first apple maggot flies of tho season may be expected 

 within tho next week or ten days. 



