Massachusetts 
New York 
FRUIT INSECTS 
APPLE 
GREEN APPLE APHID (Aphis pomi DeG. ) 
A. I« Bourne (August 23): Green aphids have not heen 
unusually abundant over the State as a whole this season 
but Mr, Cobb, of Littleton, reports that in his orchards, 
particularly on young trees, they have been exceptionally 
bad, and apparEntly badly checked the growth in the 
young orchards. 
G. E. Smith (August 11): Growers are still applying the 
later summer application for the green aphid. A few 
are using lime-nicotine dust. The females continue to 
keep the terminals infected with the young aphids. 
F« EU Bond (August U): The lice have appeared on apple 
in serious numbers in some orchards at Oswego. 
H* W„ Fitch (August h) : They are very numerous at Sodus 
on apple. (August 11): They ave very abundant on Mcintosh, 
Greening, and 3aldwin at Sodus. A special treatment of 
lime-nicotine dust gave very good control in one orchard 
R« G« Palmer (August 11): Green aphids are present in 
many orchards, and some are making special applications 
for their control in Monroe County. 
A. L. Pierstotff (August 11): The green aphid is reinfesting 
the apple seedlings and they are still abundant on Spiraea 
vanhoutti , at Honegp© Falls. 
ROSY APPLE APHID (Anuraphi s roseus Baker) 
H* A* Gossard (July 25): Aphids of many species have been 
active and conspicuous. The rosy apple aphid attracted 
attention from many quarters of the State. 
H. F. Dietz (July 18): The rosy apple aphid was unusually 
bad this year and damaged between 15 and 25 per cent of the 
crop in many localities before it migrated. 
CODLING MOTH ( Carpocapsa nomonella L.) 
Massachusetts A» It Bourne (July 25): So far as reports have come in from 
the different sections of the State, injury from the codling 
moth to date has been very light indeed. The emergence 
of the moths of the spring brood was observed to be very 
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