Wisconsin S« 3^ Fracker (August I 1 :-): Introduced on eastern nureery 
stock to Waterloo and Fort Afckii - sor County but 
found and destroyed* I T o new localities in which the San Jose 
scale has "become established have been observed this season, 
Missouri L. Hp.seman (August ?7->- The scale continues to show little 
signs of increasing r/: here • ',:. - in orchards 
whichvrwere dangerously :■ £ year age it is practical'Vy 
impossible to find any blotching of the fruit at this tiu*3, 
PLUM CURCULIQ ( Conofcrachelus nenuphar Ebst.) 
Wisconsin 5, 3 P Fracker (August 15) J As a whole less injurious than 
usual. At La 3? yette there is 15 to £5 "P er cent infestation, 
and at Fierce 5 P sr cento 
APPLE CURCULIO (Tac hvuter ellu s quadrigibbus Spy) 
Iowa C J„ Drake (August 20) : The apple curculio has been very 
common in the orchards in the vicinity of Des Moines. 
A GREEN FLEA BEETLE ( Baltica sp. ) 
souri L„ Baseman (August 27): A small jumping leaf "beetle possibly 
a flea beetle has been attracting unusual attention daring 
the past tv-'o months as a pest of apple foliage in the nursery 
and on young orchard trues. 
APPLE SITu CHAL&D ( Syr, totr.n spin d ^p ^run Boh.) 
ssachusetts A. I Bourne (August 19) ! From the 8th to the 10th of August 
we began to note the full-grovn larvae of the apple seed 
chalcid in the apple seeds. Practically all cf the crab apples 
in the college orchard this season show the characteristic 
injury of this insect. 
EUROPEAN FED MITE ( Paratstranychus uilosus C, & P.) 
Ohio T. H. Parks (August l~()i The European red mite put in its 
appi r Lee in mids no" was seriously injuring the foliage 
on some apple trees in the Lake Erie region. The rorct damage 
was found on f< which had been dusted with sulphur and 
arsenate of lead for scab and the codling moth, 
PFmP. SLUGS (Fricc-:r.. limactna Retz.) 
( do E, W, Hendehhall CAugust 10):'P£ar slugs are unusually bad 
in orchards and in >ck in the central rnl southern 
parts of the State this summer. 
