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For Rhode Island Professor Stene writes that the species seems 

 to be generally distributed over the state. Apple trees of early 

 varieties apparently always show more or less signs of the presence 

 of the pest. Late varieties are fairly free. Baldwin and Green- 

 ing, if grown by themselves, and not in mixed orchards containing 

 early varieties, are comparatively free from the insect. 



Dr. Britton finds the maggot one of the more important pests 

 of the apple in Connecticut. 



In New York Professor Herrick wa-ites that the maggot is 

 apparently distributed all over the state. ComiDlaints of it are 

 few from western New York, but the reverse is true of the north- 

 eastern part of the state, where the species is a serious pest. In 

 the experience of Mr. Parrott, also, the maggot causes little 

 damage in the apple belt of w^estern New York. The insect is 

 a fruit pest in the state largely in "home" orchards, or in those 

 that are not well cared for; but is reported frequently also from 

 the northern part of the state and from elevated sections in the 

 south. 



In Pennsylvania Professor Stewart notes that the maggot 

 exists in orchards over much of the northeastern part of the 

 state. Professor Surface has found it destructive to summer and 

 sweet apples in the northern part of the state and along the river 

 courses southward. The area infested seems to be slowty spread- 

 ing southward, especially along the water courses. 



Dr. Headlee writes that the species has not been much com- 

 plained of in recent seasons in New Jersey. It was recorded by 

 Dr. Smith as locally injurious in summer varieties at Montclair, 

 in the highlands section of the state. 



In Delaware the maggot is not known to occur. The same is 

 true of Maryland. 



In Virginia the species is rare. Dr. Alwood did not observe 

 the insect in Virginia during the time when he was engaged in 

 entomological work. 



Mr. Sherman has not observed the maggot in North Carolina, 

 but believes it quite possible that it occurs in the mountain 

 sections of the state. In Insect Life, Vol. VII, p. 279, it is stated 

 that larvae of Rhagoletis pomonella were observed in an apple 

 received from Waynesville, N. C. 



For South Carolina Professor Conradi states that the species 



