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season found early apples, shipped from Boston and expcsed in the 

 Orono and Bangor markets, literally alive 'with Trypeta larvae. 



Mr. McLellan also refers to its occurence in the northern part 

 of Somerset County at that time. 



Mr. Harlow (Me. St. Pom. Sec'y Kept- 1882, p. 104) says: 

 "This insect seems to have increased to such an extent in our 

 State within a few years as to cause serious alarm among fruit 

 growers." The above would indicate that the pest was, in 1882, 

 well established in Maine. 



Mr. S. E. Sweetser, of Cumberland Centre writes : That in 

 August 1880 he first noticed the flies on King Sweets and the 

 same season the larv^ were found in Talman's Sweets. 



Mr. D. H. Knowlton, (Me. State Pom. Soc'y Kept. 1887, p. 9) 

 says: "In some parts of Yoik, Cumberland, Sagadahoc, Kenne- 

 bec and Androscoggin counties the insect has already become a 

 great pest and its increase may well be regarded with alarm." 



Mr. Augur, (Me. State Pom. Soc'y Kept., 1887, p. 101,) says: 

 "We have been exceedingly troubled with the apple maggot ; so 

 much so that it has broken our confidence in some varieties, so 

 that we have hardly dared to sell them, we have found them so 

 generally affected." 



Mr. Sweetser, who has been much annoyed by this pest, 

 writes : "That his apple crop was poor this season(1889,)and badly 

 affected with maggots. That his neighbors, who have not been 

 troubled with the fly much before, complain that their apples are 

 badly affected this year." Reports from many places show that 

 the pest has done much damage in the State this season. 



Mr. Chas. S. Pope, (Me. Pom. Society Report 1888, p. 26,) 

 says: "This troublesome insect is now found in several counties 

 in the State and is doing much damage to fruit. The insect 

 seems to work mostly in fruit grown in sheltered places, around 

 buildings, or in places otherwise protected from the cold winds. 

 So far as our observation extends they are not working very 

 much in the orchards of the State, except as noted above." 



Mr. D. H Knowlton, (Me. Pom. Rept. 1888, p. 117,) says: 

 "Its ravages, though extending over a large part of the State, 

 seem to be confined mainly to sheltered areas and have not yet 

 generally injured the fruit grown in the larger orchards." 



The observations of Ihe writer so far as they go confirm the 

 above statements. 



The writer has examined many varieties of apples during 



