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with favorable conditions. In one or two orchards in Onondaga 
County a heavy infestation of this pest occurred. The second 
brood of psylla is coming on and indications are that it will 
become a serious problem in a number of poorly sprayed orchards 
in Columbia County, while in Yates County this insect is to be 
found in injurious numbers in several orchards. -j 
PEAR MIDGE ( Contarinia p '/rivor a Riley) 
Massachusetts A. I. Bourne (June £2): Several complaints . In one case some 
of the county workers estimated fully 50 per cent of the fruit to 
be infested. These complaints came in to us during the first 
half of the month. ."Lapp's Favorite and Beurre Bosc are the 
two varieties which have b^en reported as being infested the 
worst. 
New York C. R. Crosby and assistants: During the last week in May and . ■■ 
the first week in June more or less serious infestations of pears 
by this xnsect were reported from Genesee, Columbia, and Dutchess 
Counties. 
P1SACH 
PLUM CURCULIO (Corotra cheluq nenupha r Kbst.) 
West Virginia Fred E. Brooks (June 22): Plum and peach crop in this locality 
(French Creek) a failure, but a slight amount ofeurculio injury 
has been done to apples. 
NEW YORK WEEVIL ( Ithyceru s novebo rap ens is Forst.) 
Ohio H. A. Gossard (June 23): Ithycerus novebo racens is was received 
from Unionvills Center June 2, where it was attacking both peach 
and apple. 
GRASSHOPPERS (Acridiidae) 
Mississippi Oliver I. Snapp (June 2): Grasshopper damage prevalent on peaches 
at Canton. Very dry weather has been experienced here for several 
months . 
SAN JOSE SCALE (Asp idiot us pernicicsus Comet .) 
Mississippi Oliver I. Srcapp (June 2): A heavy infestation observed on several 
trees in a 27,000-tree orchard at Canton on this date. A 2 per 
cent lubri eating-oil emulsion was used, but there'were evidences 
that the emulsion had been used after freezing or in a tank con- 
taining lire-sulfur residue. Several peach trees at Madison were 
killed by using lubricating- oil emulsion in a spray tank contain- 
ing lime-sulfur residue, which caused freo oil to be liberated. 
Very poor scale control as a. result. (Jure 3): Practically 
no San Jose scale found in commercial orchards 'at this point 
(Moselle) . One commercial orchard of 10,000 trees which had 
been treated with 2 per cent lubri eating-oil emulsion last winter 
was absolutely free of scale. This orchard had previously been 
lightly infested. 
