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than last year. Wayne County: Outside of a few orchards which 
have "been severely infested for several years this pest is found 
in moderate numbers in the average orchard. Orleans County: While 
this pest is generally distributed throughout the county it is 
serious in relatively fe"' orchards. This season it is apparent 
that a number of growers will have to take special control measures 
another season if this pest is to he kept in check. L'omroe County: 
Scattered infestation generally. In a few orchards extremely 
abundant. Columbia County: Moderate infestation. 
R» A. Cooley (-June 7)' This severe pest of the apple, which has been 
in Ravalli and Missoula Counties, continues to do damage Where 
no spraying is done. Oil sprays are effective but some who fail 
to spray are keeping up the infestation. 
EALSE APPES RED BUG ( Lygidea mendax Reut.) 
M. F. Zappe (June 22) : Red hugs are very scarce. Those that have 
been seen are nearly mature. 
A. I. Bourne (June 22): The apple red bug, from cur own ohservatic 
and reports wo have received from other points in the State, apoears 
to be present in smaller numbers than usual. Ho instance of any 
abundance of these insects has been brought to our attention thus 
far. 
C. R. Crosby and assistants (summary of situation April 25~June 12): 
Reports from various parts of the State indicate that the infes- 
tation is rather general but spotted. Specific reports follo^: 
Dutchess County: Infestation slight in most orchards. Ulster 
County: Very little injury seen or rejfrted from this pest. Greene 
County: On May 19 found a few. Relatively few orchards have 
appreciable infestation of this pest. Practically all of L. mendax . 
In Onondaga County He teres orpins malinus first appeated while 
applo buds were pink. This insect started appearing about a week 
later. Infestation rather general. Ontario County: Infestation 
very light generally. Causing commercial losses in only a few 
orchards in ",7ayne County. Both species found in numbers in a few 
plantings in Monroe County. Columbia County: Fairly abundant in 
some orchards. In Genesee County, apparently infestation is light 
this season. Y/yoaiing County: Apparently numerous in many ordhards. 
Clinton County: Examination failed to reveal the presence of this 
pest. 
SAlI JOSS SCALE ( Asnidiotus •nerniciosus Comst.) 
J. J. Davis (June 25): The San Jose scale is continuing to cause 
trouble, reports of unusual abundance coning fro- central Indiana. 
Bonnet A. Porter (June 26): Ffcpst cranvlors --ere noted at Vincennes 
June 11, ten days 1 ter than normal and twenty days later than in 
1925. Little spotting of fruit has been observed thus far. 
Eugenia McDaniel (June 2): The San Jose scale is far from abundant 
