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(lid niiicli (laniage to newly set orchard trees, and checked the 

 g-rowth of nnrsery stock. Some of our growers practiced 

 dipping the infested shoots in a liquid of soap and water or 

 kerosene emulsion, with good results. 



The apple leaf miner {Tischcria inalifuliclla Clem.) did 

 consiclerahle damage in the eastern part of the state. A sawfly 

 larva defoliated many peach trees in the orchard of Barnes 

 Brothers at Yalesville in June. This insect is closely allied 

 to the currant worm, and proved to be a new species of the 

 genus Lyda. We cannot foretell whether it will be a serious 

 enemy or n(jt, but as we cannot safely spray peach foliage in 

 Connecticut, some other remedy must be sought, and frequent 

 cultivation about July 1st, at the time the larvae go into the 

 soil to transform, will doubtless kill many of them. Possibly 

 spraying the ground at this time with kerosene emulsion may 

 prove effectual. 



The lar\-a of another sawfly, Strongylogastcr piiigiiis Xort., 

 was rather common on tlie leaves of cherry, where it eats oft' 

 the green portion in much the same manner as the common 

 pear slug, which is also a pest of cherry. 



We nuist report the usual injury from codling moth, apple 

 luaggot, [)lum curculio, rose chafer and apple tent caterpillar. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

 W. E. BRITTON, New Haven, 

 F. N. PLATT, MiLFORD, 

 E. M. IVES, Meriden. 



A numl)er of (juestions followed which were answered by 

 Prof. Britton. 



Report of Committee on Markets and Transportation. 



Mr. J. N. Barnes, Chairman: ^idie Committee on ^lar- 

 kets and Transportation has very little to report of action 

 taken. There has been ]ilenty of people ready to buy our 

 fruit at good prices almost at our doors. 



The Connecticut fruit grower of 1906 should be happy, if 

 crops of good volume and excellent quality, meeting a ready 

 sale, help to make that most desirable condition. The best 

 place to sell our fruit appears to have been in our local markets. 



