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trips to the landing field to refill the hopper, etc, A thousand 
acres of peach trees will he treated during the season "by airplanfc 
in Georgia under the supervision of the Fort Valley laboratory 
of the Bureau, in orler to obtain data on the results, cost of 
operation, etc. 
W. P„ Flint (April ,?3); S. C. Chandler took first adults of the 
plum curcuiio 'on peach trees in Jackson County on April 20. Many 
' trees had "been jarred at two- or three-day intervals for some time 
previously, Peaches, apples, and cherries in orchards in Jackson 
and Union Counties showed ears of this insect in moderate numbers on 
April 22, Very snail number of young larvae present at this tir.e. 
GRiENTAL' FRUIT MOTH (laspeyr esia moles ta Busck) 
Monthly Letter, Bureau of Entomology, >to„ 131 (March): The activity 
of the oriental poach moth has been resu~ied in the South, The 
• first spring puoation took place on February 25 and the first 
adult eroerzed on March 8. 
C, I. Snapp and assistants (April lU): Oriental peach moth larvae 
are now bein^ found in t^i.rs in commercial pe; ch orchards- a first- 
Generation adult was also captured today in a commercial orchard. 
First-Generation adults have been emerj-in* in the insectary since 
March 8. 
S.-JT JOSS SC«LE ( .as-pidiotus p ernio 3 osus Comst.) 
C. I, Shapp (.npril lk): Because of the continuous mild weather, 
San Jose scale mortality from climatic conditions ^as very lo^ in 
middle Georgia during the past winter. At Fort Valley the minimum 
temperature for the winter "as 21° - Spring leather conditions 
have been excellent for scale reproduction, the maximum temperature 
being on many days around 85°. Recent observat ions reveal a rapid 
increase in the infestation in many orchards. He suits from the use 
of 1 ubr icat ins-o il emulsion during the '-inter have been generally 
Good, however, experiments sho^ina- that in this latitude one 
application of a 3 per cent emulsion, or t'"o applications of a 2 
p&: cent emulsion, are required for satisfactory control of a heavy 
infestation on peach trees/ 
PLUM . 
MEALY PLUM AEHE5 ( Kyalopterus arundinis Fab» )' 
California T. D. Urbahns Upril 20): This aphid is developing very rapidly 
and threatens to. cause- considerable damage. The prune orchards of 
San Joaquin and Sacramento are probably most heavily infested, 
wh'.le many reports also are received from other: adjoining counties, 
Syrphid flies are abundant.- 
RUSTY PLUM AEKID ( Fysteroneura s etarlae Thos.) 
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Mississippi R* W. Harned (April 10): Th'e rusty 'brown aphid has been reported 
a.s occurring in larce numbers on plum trees in different parts nf 
the Stats, (April 21): The southern plum aohid, or rusty plum 
aphid, is, as usual, abundant throughout Mississippi at the. 
present time. Specimens and complaints have been received from 
