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abundant in the orchard, but the palmer worm caused the principal dam- 

 age. I find palmer worms in greater or less numbers in very nearly every 

 orchard but one. A large proportion of the leaves are nearly skeleton- 

 ized and much of the fruit spoiled by holes eaten in the side. June 20. 

 Potato beetles have done little damage up to the present time. The 

 squash bug [An as a tristis] is very numerous, and squash, pumpkins 

 and cucumbers require constant protection. The sugar maple-borer 

 [Plagionotus speciosus] is attracting more and more attention 

 as dead trees become abundant. Some "sugar bushes" are almost 

 ruined. Aug. 15. 



Greene county (O. Q. Flint, Athens) — There is no question that the 

 harm to the sugar maple trees is great and extended as a result of the 

 work of the forest tent-caterpillar [Clisiocampa disstria]in this 

 vicinity. The output of sugar will be the lowest in years, this being due in 

 great measure to the work of this pest. Many maples in this county 

 and also in Otsego have been cut down, and it is found that they are 

 more or less dead, the portion of the tree facing the southeast appear- 

 ing to have suffered most. Ap. 17. Consultation with a number of per- 

 sons in the towns of Jewett, Lexington and Halcott show that there is 

 quite a difference of opinion as to the forest tent-caterpillars hatching 

 out this spring. Some think they will be more numerous, and others 

 think that they will be less abundant. May 9. A drive through the 

 towns of Athens, Catskill, Cairo, Hunter, Jewett and Windham shows 

 that the appletree tent-caterpillar [Clisiocampa americana] is 

 quite prevalent, and that while the forest tent-caterpillar is present, it 

 does not occur in such numbers as last year. The cold weather has had 

 no harmful effect on them. May 21. A trip through the eastern and 

 the southwestern part of Greene county, the northern part of Ulster 

 county and the northeastern part of Delaware county shows that the 

 forest tent-caterpillar bids fair to do as much or more injury than last 

 year. Its appearance is from 10 days to two weeks earlier in the eastern 

 part of Greene county than in the western portion. Reports of depre- 

 dations in orchards have already come to hand. The wood from the 

 defoliated sugar maples is quite generally believed in this vicinity to 

 have an inferior value as fuel. The elm leaf beetle [Galerucella 

 1 u t e o 1 a] is much in evidence in Athens. The recent cold weather 

 does not appear to have injured either the forest tent-caterpillar or the 

 elm leaf beetle. May 29. The former insect is doing extensive damage 

 in the western, central and east central parts of this county. June n. 

 Forest tent-caterpillars have not been so abundant in places where they 



