TIME OF APPEARANCE OF BEETLES IN SPRING. 
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Table LXIII. — Time of appearance of beetles on trees in spring. Jarring records, 
Barnesville, Ga.. 1910. 
Dates trees 
jarred. 
Trees. 
Curculios. 
Condition of trees. 
Mar. 1) 
336 
19 
Scattering blossoms open on Elberta peaches. 
14 
336 
9 
Elberta peaches in full bloom. 
10 
336 
1 
Red June and Abundance plums in full bloom. 
18 
336 

Carmen peaches in full bloom. 
21 
336 
20 
23 
336 
483 
25 
336 
840 
Petals fallen from Elberta peaches; first egg punctures in plums. 
28 
336 
1,071 
30 
336 
563 
Petals fallen from Carmen peaches. 
Apr. 1 
336 
534 
4 
336 
427 
Peaches bursting through calyces. 
6 
336 
243 
8 
336 
166 
Table LXIV. — Time of appearance of beetles on trees in spring. Jarring records, 
Xorth East. Pa.. 1910. 
Dates trees 
jarred. 
Trees. 
Curculios. 
Condition of trees. 
Apr. 15.... 
20.... 
22.... 
26.... 
28.... 
May 2.... 
4 
6.... 
9.... 
11.... 
13.... 
16.... 
19.... 
21.... 
23.... 
Less than 5 per cent of peach blossoms open. 
About 75 per cent of peach blossoms open. 
Peaches 90 per cent in full bloom. 
Peaches shedding some petals. 
. Nearly all petals fallen from peaches. 
All petals fallen from peaches. 
19 Peaches beginning to burst calyces. 
22 A few calyces falling. 
22 Many calyces fall ine. 
Table LXV. — Time of appearance of beetles in spring. Jarring records. Dough 
1910. 
'as, Mich 
Dates trees 
jarred. 
Trees. 
Curculios. 
Condition of trees. 
Mav 4 
Many. . - 
Apr. 25, Elberta peaches, pears, and sweet cherries shedding petals. 
. ..do 
2 
3 
2 
3 
15 
115 
58 
67 
57 
74 
82 
97 
94 
315 
ISO 
114 
103 
10... 
.do 
13 
16... 
..do.... 
..do... 
Apr. 30, sour cherries in blossom; also apples. 
19.... 
. . .do . . . 
2 1 
...do... 
2 
...do.... 
...do.... 
May 3, Bartlett pears in blossom; also some peaches. 
June 1 
.do 
May 4, Baldwin apples in full bloom. 
3 
..do.. 
...do.. 
May 10, Spitzenberg apples in full bloom. 
'.i. 
do 
12 
...do... 
1.".. . 
.do 
18 
..do 
21 
...do 
24 
...do... 
From the foregoing data it appears that the curculios usually first 
appear on the trees each season at nearly the same time relative to 
the advancement of fruit trees, namely, during or a little before the 
