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0. I. Snapp (April 19)1 Adults began to appear on poach trees at Fort 
Valley on March 6, continuing until April 5* Infestation not heavier than 
that -of an average year. First eggs in green peaches found on March 27, 
and larvae about 2 days old on April 5. First full-groan larvae of the 
season emerged fron green peaches on April 19» a week later than last year 
hut 2 weeks earlier than in 1937. It is therefore expected that Elberta, 
Georgia Belle, arid possibly the last of the Hiley peaches in central Georgia 
will he attacked ‘by a second brood. 
Kentucky. W. A. Price (April 22): Adults began appearing at Mayfield on April 
15, when Elherta peaches were in the split-shuck stage. 
WHITE PEACH SCALE ( Aulacaspis pentagona Targ. ) 
New York. N. Y. State Coil, Agr. News Letter (April 24): Peach cottony scale 
rather abundant in a young peach orchard in Niagara County. 
CHEERY 
BUCK CHEERY APHID ( Myzus cerasi F. ) 
New York. N. Y. State Coll.. Agr. News Letter (April 24): Observed in -Rockland 
County on April 10, .and a few noted in Dutchess County. (April 24): First 
seen on sweet cherries on April 20 at Ithaca. 
CHERRY SCALE ( Aspidiotus f orbes i Johns.) 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (April 24); Forbes scale reported as heavily infesting a sour 
cherry orchard near Zanesville, Muskingun County. Dormant treatment applied 
to trees late in March. 
FEAR 
PEAR PSYLLA ( Psylla pyricola Foerst.) 
New York. N, Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (April 10 ): Flies first noticed in 
Orleans County on March 26 and in Wayne County on March 23. (April 17): 
Flies began to emerge in Ulster County during the week of March 20. Little 
activity since but occasional eggs found. Flies observed in Dutchess 
County but no . egg laying. No eggs found in Wayne County. (April 24); 
Adults, but very few- eggs, observed in Nassau, Orange, and Dutchess Counties, 
Eggs found in small numbers in Ulster County; scarce in Orleans and Monroe 
Counties; found in small numbers at Ithaca on April 20. 
- ennsylvania. H. p. Hodgkiss (April 19 ) J Hibernating .adults found on trees in 
Lebanon County on April 5. Some eggs laid, although bud development is 
considerably retarded. Eggs apparently have not been deposited very long. 
PEAR THRIPS ( Taeniothrips inconsequens Uzel) 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr . News Letter (April 17): First observed on pears 
in Ulster County on April l4. (April 24); Active but not numerous in 
Orange Ulster, and Dutchess Counties. First found in Columbia Countv on 
April 21. A few observed on apples at Ithaca on April 23. 
