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Wisconsin S B Fracker (August 15)? Serious damage is being done to cabbage 
in commercial c bbage~gro ing sections About, li ■ kee, Racine, 
Winnebago, end Outagamie damage is run ; 15 t.o CO pr cent. 
Also reported as more cr less r.oi erne from other r.-.rts of 
the State. 
Iowa C Jo Dralra (August 20^ r - - '" .--■■■ - cl doing 
considerable dan . ~-' . -• . , It was reported in the 
vicinity of Des Moines and Ames. for the first -c^ns in lS'-'3« 
STRA WBERRY. 
STRAWBERRY hCC? WORM (F r aria canella ?a*b„) 
California E« 0* Essig (August 2$)* Complete destruction of small areas in 
patches of etravberrr-es growing in San Ma£eo s Santa Clara, and 
Alameda Counties, in the San 7,-- nciseo Bay Region. Damage most 
evident in July and August. 
STRAWBERRY CROWN BORER (T yloderma f: lae Riley) 
I i-;:-ouri L-, Haseman (August 27) " The inspection of strawberry fie" 
during the month has shci i x\ a .arming abundciice or" crown borer. 
There is a real epidemic of it apparently and it iu -r.orc severe 
than last year, 
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aspargus i dt; .' • v.: . gsi -<- •• 
Wisconsin S. B„ Fracker ( st 15) s Practically no reports of injury. 
Although present in Dane County they m-\ct he much scarcer than 
usual in the State as a v7hole e 
Iowa Oa Jo Drake (Ay ai I 20) J The asparagus beetle h; - been doing 
considerable damage i.n < st rn Iowa„ It was found in the vicinity 
of Des for the first time dur: s son of 
19-5^ In is year it is quite common at Ames, bat not numerous 
enough to do any commercial damage. 
MBSICdH BEAN BEETIE (l^hlpc^a corrurta Muls.) 
•yland Neale F„ Howard (August 23): "Reported from Garrett County. 
Virginia Neale 7* Howard (August 25) ! Reported fro-. le, Bedford, 
iCampbell, Pitt 1 lia, Augusta, . nklin, and Patrick Counties. 
North Neale F* Howard (August 25): Reported from Caswell County. 
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