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0. I. Snapp (July 14): The first -pupation of the season tn the 
field ra.s recorded today., 'Many larvae arc no~ full grown. The 
infestation is rather heavy in orchards in Fort Valley, vhich are 
neither treated rith paradichlorooenzene nor ^ormed. 
PLUM CURCULIO- ( Conotrachelus nenuphar Host. ) 
9, Y. State Coll. of Agr. , Weekly fte^s Letter (July): Up to 
July 10 a feTF adult plurr curculios ""ere still to be observed laying 
eggs in the lo'-er Hudson River Valley. In the western part of the 
State injury has been reported to as high as 20 per cent of the 
Rhode Island Greening apples and ■ - there has been very serious 
injury to prunes in most blocks. Peaches are also suffering sorre 
injuryi ^Abstract, J.A.H. ) 
N. J. State Coll. of Agr., Weekly ITe^s Letter (July)rPeach grom~ 
ers in Monrrouth County are reporting trouble -ith the curculio. 
It is reported from Cumberland County as doing considerable harm. 
Curculio injury is reported from Mercer County as being slight. 
L. A. Stearns (July 22): First-brood adults of the plum curculio 
have been emerging since early in July. Very abundant in Sussex 
County. 
0. I. Snapp (July 10): Eggs of the second generation began to 
hatch in the insectary on July 5. The infestation is unusually 
light, and to date the insect has caused practically no damage to 
the peach crop. (July 20): 51,721 peach drops were cut open and 
examined' during May and June and of these only 670, or 1.3 per 
cent, were found to be infested with curculio larvae. The infesta- 
tion continues to be the' lightest in 13 years. Elbertas are begin- 
ning to ripen. All other varieties have moved rith no damage from 
curculio in Fort Valley. 
E. W. Berger and G. B. Merrill- (July 23): The plum curculio is 
very abundant on late peaches at Gainesville. 
W. P. Flint (July 20): Plum curculio adults are, according to 
Mr. Chandler, beginning to emerge in southern Illinois. The in- 
sect is much less abundant than usual in the southern and central 
parts of the State, 
A. G. Rugglcs and assistants (July): The plum curculio has not 
been reported as seriously abundant from any part of the State 
during the month. • (Abstract, J.A.H. ) 
H. G. Butler (July 29): Second-brood e~/-s -ere deposited at the 
insectary July 13th and on J^ly 27th the first mature larvae of 
this brood left the fruit. With the beginning of the peach harvest 
less than t^o -eeks a.way the curculio fruit infestation is still 
so lor/ as to be negligible in this area,. 
