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patches upon ripened tomatoes did considfrable damage to the 

 Station tomato crop. The Strawberry Septoria was very abundant 



upon S'.a'ion strawberries. Tne Orang-e Hawk-Weed still spreads. 

 As it seeds before harvest, spreads by runners at the roots and is 

 perennial it will yield to nothing but the spade and hoe. and the 

 earlier attended to the l^ss trouble. The Aeistate Plantain, a near 

 relative of the English Plantain has made its appearance in the 

 State. In response to an enquiry regarding wild rice we have 

 learned that it is plentiful in the State. 



The Tall Canker Worm is gradually spreading. Besides 

 apparently holding its own in known localities several new localities 

 have been te ported the past season. This species is sometimes 

 accompanied by the Lime-tree Winter- moth an insect similar in its 

 habits but cheeked by spraying like the Canker-worm 



The Angoumois Grain Moth was found in great numbers in boxes 

 of Shaker Pop Corn offered for sale in Ojrono. Tnis is one of the 

 worst grain insects. The grain exhibits at the World's Fair were 

 badly infested with it. It is capable of doing much damage to 

 stored grain and its spread in the State would be a misfortune. 



The Stalk Borer, {Gcrtyna nitela, G-uei , | and The Black Can- 

 tharis, (Cantharis at rat a,) were both reported as doing damage to 

 potatoes : the former boring into the stalks, the latter in great num- 

 bers feeding upon the foliage. 



The Red-humped Apple tree Caterpillar seems to be increas- 

 ing in the State. It was reported from a new locality this season 

 and we found it also in the Station orchard, probably introduced on 

 nursery stock, 



The Apple-leaf Bucolatrix, i B. pomifoliella, Clemens. ) A small 

 moth, the larva of which skeletonizes the leaves of apple trees was 

 reported as doing considerable damage. This insect has not been 

 noticed before. 



Specimens of pears received from F. Frank Jones. Portland, bore 

 the characteristic cats of the Plum Curculio. Some of the fruits 

 had five incisions and were badly dwarfed and distorted. 



The Striped Squash Beetle, a very common garden pest seems to 

 have been unusually abundant the past season. Thick planting 

 and then thinning, as the plants get older : protecting the seedlings 

 by boxes or half hoops and netting, or even hand picking the beetles 

 will usually insure a good stand of cucurbitaceous plants. 



