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tion (if the surface, and sometimes pen'etrates to the seeds. 

 Thougii tlic injury is usually very shallow, it hurts the appear- 

 ance of the fruit and makes an oj)enino- for the j^'erms of 

 decay. 



The larva is about three-ciii'hths of an inch loui^', and 

 being flesh-colored, it is usually mistaken for the Codling- 

 Moth, to which it is closely related. This insect was lirst dis- 

 covered about forty years ago by Walsh in Illinois, and Pro- 

 fessor Quaintance of the Bureau of Entomology at Washington 

 has recently studied it and published a bulletin about it. There 

 are two generations each year, and the best treatment that 

 can now be advised is to sprav the orchards as for Codling 

 ^loth. 



The (ireen Apple Ajihis l. -I phis poini De (leer) and the 

 Rosy Apple Aphis (A. sorbi Kalb) were both abundant. The 

 former caused considerable injury to young trees by checking 

 their growth. T>oth species injured the crop by causing the 

 leaves to curl and the fruit to be stunted, gnarled and ill- 

 shaped. As a rule, the presence of the aphids is not noticed 

 until the leaves have become so curled that it is difficult to 

 reach them with a spray. Of course kerosene emulsion, or 

 soap and water (one pound in six gallons) will kill the lice if 

 the mixture comes in direct contact with them. 



The Strawberry Weevil {Anthoitoiiiiis sii:^ii.:tiis .Say) was 

 received from South Killingly and from Huntington, where it 

 was doing considerable damage to strawberries by puncturing 

 the buds and causing them to wither and die. The larvae feed 

 upon the maturing pollen. The, remedy is to plant pistallate 

 varieties so far as possible, using just enough perfect flowered 

 varieties to insure pollinization. 



The Raspberry Sawfly ( Moiiophadiioidcs ntbi Harris) 

 was received from Stonington, where the larvae were feeding 

 upon raspberry leaves. 



The Hickory Tussock Moth ( HaUsidota caryac Harris ) 

 though abundant in 1907, was even more abundant in 1908. 

 The caterpillars are more than an inch long and are covered 

 with white hairs, with pencils or tufts of black hairs. They 

 feed not only on hickory, but attack a]:)ple and other fruit trees 



