298 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION REPORT^ I907-I908. 



Found considerable work of the insect, a few small trees with 

 leaves nearly all stripped. 



Orchard of Linus Hall, the msect rather more prevalent than 

 in the orchard above mentioned. 



Middlefield, July 17th, orchard of Charles E. Lyman. Condi- 

 tions about the same as in East Wallingford. 



Farmington, August 7th, orchard of Root Brothers. A few 

 leaves eaten by this insect on two or three trees. 



Young orchard of Prof. H. W. Hillyer showed evidences of 

 the insect. 



Mr. J. Norris Barnes reported the insect in their orchards at 

 Cheshire and also at Durhsun. 



Orchards Examined with no Indication of the Sawfly. 



West Haven, July 5th, orchard of N. S. Piatt. 



Westport, July i6th, orchard of S. B. Wakeman. 



Seymour, August 13th, orchards of Hale & Coleman. 



Rocky Hill, August 15th, orchards of W. F. Griswold. 



South Glastonbury, August 15, orchard of J. H. Hale. 



Hartford, September 12th, peach trees in four city gardens. 



New Canaan, Sept. i8th, orchard near Stephen Hojrt's Sons' 

 Nursery. 



Norwalk, October 3d, small orchard of Comstock & Lyon. 



As far as we know, this insect has not been observed outside 

 of Connecticut. A note was published in Bulletin 67 of the 

 Bureau of Entomology, p. 87, stating that it had been observed 

 in New Jersey and also in Pennsylvania, but these records refer 

 to the distribution of an entirely different sawfly, Priophorus 

 acericaulis MacGillivray, which confines its work to maple trees. 



Will the Peach Sawfly become a Serious Pest? 



Since the peach sawfly has been brought to the attention 

 of the fruit growers, there have been many questions regarding 

 its importance as a pest. It is hard for the orchardists to become 

 reconciled to the fact that they have got to spray their orchards 

 every one or two years for the San Jose scale, and the pos- 

 sibility of having to give their orchards an additional spraying 

 for this pest is indeed discouraging. 



