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E* W, Pierce (August k) : This insect is causing hopperburn 
in fields that have not been sprayed in Ontario County. 
T« H. Parks (August 21): This insect is now present in its 
usual injurious numbers in most fields of potatoes. Hopperburn 
is killing the tops of unsprayed plants in central and 
southern counties v/here the crop was planted in May, This 
is the sixth successive year for such damage. 
J» J„ Davis (August 22): The potato leafhopper is gradually 
increasing its area of destruction each year. 
W. P. Flint (July 26): The potato leafhopper has been very 
abundant this season on potatoes, beans, and alfalfa! . 
A. A. Granovsky (August 19): Potato leafhopoers are very 
common, injuring potato fields by causing hopperburn. The 
disease appeared in the first part of August and on some 
early varieties of potatoes symptoms were present in the 
latter part of July, 
P. A* Fenton (July 2S) : The potato leafhopper is not as 
serious as it has been for several years and will not 
very seriously affect the potato crop in the State this 
year, although in certain localities it has been 
destructive to potatoes. 
TOMATO FRUITVJORM ( Heliothis obsoleta Fab.) 
L. A* Zehner (August k) : Severe damage to tomatoes is 
reported in Onondaga County. 
J» J. Davis (August 22) : The tomato fruitworm has been 
a serious pest of tomatoes throughout the southern half of 
Indiana. 
W. P. Flint (July 26): The corn earworm is doing some 
damage to tomatoes in the southern part of the State. Full-grown 
larvae were received as early as July 10. 
IMPORTED CAB3AG-EW0RM ( Pont ia rapae L. ) 
Henry Bird (August): Pontia rapae .which usually gets to 
the vicinity of Rye in great numbers by mid-August from Long 
Island and New Jersey, is conspicuous by its absence at this 
date. 
G> E. Smith (August k) : The imported cabbageworm is very 
plentiful in Orleans County. 
E. W» Pierce (August 11): This insect is evident in most 
fields and abundant in some in Ontario County. 
