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removed before records could be made of condition of same. The 
percentage of infestation, 11.25, is notably less for drop fruit than 
shown in the preceding table, 56.87, due to the greater scarcity of the 
beetles. 
Table LXXV. — Percentage of injury to drop peaches, Siloam Springs, Ark., 1908. 
Dates fruit 
was collected. 
Fruits. 
Fruits 
infested. 
Apr. 30 
2,500 
6,500 
30, 840 
7,200 
2,400 
498 
198 
135 
251 
68 
101 
21 
16 
41 
90 
104 
689 
648 
328 
1,481 
674 
1,658 
958 
301 
89 
80 
56 
16-19 
21 
25 
30 
8 
13 
67 
17 
19 
22 
25 
27 
7 
July 1 
2 
5 
15 
11 
50 
15 
30 
20 
300 
25 
87 
29 
21 
Total 
52,628 
5,920 
Average per cent of infestation, 11.25. 
The degree of infestation by the curculio of all fallen fruit for the 
season from 10 peach trees in the District of Columbia is shown in 
Table LXXVI. The percentage of infestation, 44.73, closely 
approximates the averages of the figures in Table LXXIV. 
Table LXXVI. — Percentage of injury to drop peaches, Washington, D. C, 1908. 
- 
Dates fruit was collected. 
Number 
of 
fruits. 
Number 
of fruits 
infested. 
May 24 
676 
2,500 
902 
247 
79 
342 
1,202 
10 . 
290 
16 . 
124 
July 3 - 
12 
Total 
4,404 
1,970 
Average per cent of infestation, 44.73. 
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