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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  orchard, 
  but 
  the 
  palmer 
  \vorm 
  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 
  litde 
  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 
  disstriajin 
  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 
  am 
  en 
  can 
  a] 
  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 
  quiie 
  generally 
  believed 
  in 
  this 
  vicinity 
  to 
  

   have 
  an 
  inferior 
  value 
  as 
  fuel. 
  The 
  elm 
  leaf 
  beetle 
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  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 
  11. 
  

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

  

  