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SPRI2CG CANKER TOft? ( Pnlcacrita vcrnata Peck) 
E. L. Chambers ?nd assistants (\June): Canker W( 
ery abundant. Many trees have/ defoliated in Veri 
APPLE LEAFHOPPERS (Cicadellidac) 
Wisconsin E. L. Chambers end assistants i June): Canker wonrs are 
very abundant. Many trees have/ defoliated in Vernon County. 
Connecticut P. Gar/nan (September 21); The leaf hopper jihipoa . rosae L. ' 
hns appeared in injurious nuirbers in several large orchards 
in the State, This is apparently the second brood appearing 
this year in Ne~ Haven and Hartford Counties. 
Delaware L. A. Stearns ,( September 26): The apple leafhopper is very 
abundant throughout the State. 
Maryland E. II. Cory (Septerrber 24): Leaf hopper?, (several species) 
are doing considerable damage to apples throughout the State. 
Virginia xl. J. Schoone (Septerrber 23): The several species of leaf- 
hoppers attacking apples have been present in srrall nuirbers 
throughout the summer,, the nuirbers increasing as the sumrcr 
advances. In a few orchards in Shenandoah and Roanoke Coun- 
ties the insects are so numerous that the fruit is being spotted 
and the foliage injured by the feeding of the adults. Fully 
90 per cent of the damage is being caused bv Typhi ocyba 
pomaria McAtee. These are present more or less in the adult 
stages There were just a few lr/rrphs on the foliage Septerrber 15. 
The weather has been dry and very hot during the month of 
Septerrber, and it is believed that the high temperatures have 
been favorable to the insects. 
Ohio T. H. Parks (Septerrber 26): Apple leafhoppers ( Errpoasca 
fabae Harr. ) are very abundant generally, and in many com- 
mercial orchards they. are causing serious spotting of the 
fruit. 
Oklahoma . C. E. Sanborn (September 22): The apple leafhoppers are 
mo der a t ely abundant . 
SAN JOSE SCALE ( Aspidiotus poi-iiiciosus Corns t. ) 
Pennsylvania J. R. Stear ('September 23): The San Jose scale is very 
abundant in Ligonier. Apnles on unsprayed trees show rany 
scale soots. 
Georgia C. H. Al den (September 2.1 ): The San Jose scale is scarce 
in Cornelia. No crawlers have appeared. 
now 
C. I. Snapp (Serterrber 2): The infe<-tation :vu>-is about 
average for this season of the year in Fort Valley. 
