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PLUM CURCULIO 
Reports on the plum curculio in the Southeastern States early in t 
season indicated that serious injury might he anticipated. In the Georgia 
peach belt a greater number of beetles went into hibernation in IS3U than 
usual and in the spring of 1935 they began leaving earlier than usual. This 
resulted in a heavy larval infestation, and there Has every indication of a 
heavy -.second brood and serious injury to the ripening peaches, but lry, hot 
weather, just at the time the beetles should have begun to oviposit, brought 
about an important change in development by preventing oviposition. Very 
few eggs were laid, and the peach crop was harvested without much injury. It 
is a significant feature that the beetles went into hibernation this fall with- 
out laying eggs and will have a superabundance for deposition next spring. 
Damage ~qjr the insect was negligible throughout the northern part of its range. 
CHEESY 3TRUIT WORM 
The cherry fruit worm ( Graoholitha oackardi Zell,) was found to be 
quite common in sour cherries near Kent, Wash. , in July. It was later deter- 
mined that the insect occurs throughout the district between. Seattle and 
Tacoma. It has caused considerable damage to cherries in British Columbia, 
especially on Vancouver Island. 
CHERRY SCALE 
A well-established infestation of the cherry scale was found on pears 
near Sacramento, Calif., in July 133 i '"» This scale is common on deciduous 
fru.it and ornamental trees east of the Rocky Moun tains, but this is the first 
record west of the mountains. 
SEED CORN MAGGOT 
The cool, rainy weather during the early part of the growing seaso:: 
delaye,d germination of seeds and was very conducive to the activity of the 
seed corn maggot. Reports of serious injury to the usual hosts were received 
from western New York through Michigan and Indiana, to North and South Dakota 
and Nebraska, as well as from Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and southern California. 
SW2E.TP0TAT0 WEEVIL 
Two new infestations of the sweetpotato weevil vere discovered during 
the year, one in Pike County, Miss., and one in Decatur County, Ga. The 
insect was also reported as occurring in great abundance in Gadsden County, 
Pla. Careful scouting in Greene County, Miss.-, failed to reveal the pest 
where it w^.s found on 12 farms in 193^« 
PEPPER YJEEVIL 
Adults of the pepper weevil remained active all winter in Orange county, 
Calif 0, and an eariy infestation was built up in some'fieldsj however, de- 
velopment was retarded and no appreciable - occurred until August, nhe 
very warm weather provided ideal conditions for reproduction. At that time 
