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APPLE T T .Tf~'" rxr "f\ (Orch?s tes paliicornis Say) 
Michigan R. H. p ettit (Kay 14): I visited the Scudder orchards at Augusta, 
Mich.., on Sunday an^ ex twined 14-0 Spy trees which had recently been 
sprayed for the apple t lea-weevil. Mr. Shutts, the man in direct 
charge cf this orcnard, tolls ire he sprayed on Friday, at which tirre 
there were aoout five flea-oeetj.es +o each bud, wi+h arsenate of 
lead, 2 pounds to 50 gallons of water, using 300 pounds pressure 
and a gun which distributed the epruy liberally * His success was 
very great indeed. On Sunday when we examined these trees there 
were very few oeetles -resent; enough of course to require another 
spray, perhaps mere after a time, out over 99 per cent certainly 
must have oeeu killed. The f lea-wp?evil in this orchard confines 
its work almost altogether to Soies . Other varieties close by 
were hardly touched, except as the beetles were driven out cf the 
Spies by the spray . 
IMBRICATED SNOUT-BEETLE (Eo icaorus imbricat us Say) 
Missouri L. Haseman (May 22): The imbricated snout-beetles are always more 
or less abundant in Missouri, but attracting particular attention 
at this tire en young fruits in northwestern Missouri counties. 
EUROPEAN P£D-? f ITE f Paratetranvchus piles us C. & F.) 
Massachusetts A. I. Bourne (May 23): Began hatching on the 7th and 8th of May. 
Contrasted with last year, the hatching was rather long drawn out, 
occurring over a period oi nearly two weeks. Last year practically 
the complete hatch took place within a matter of three or four days. 
One of our correspondents from Plymouth County states that one tree 
in Brockton had its small branches so reddened by the overwintering 
eggs as to oe noticed iron the street 100 feet or so away. 
Washington E. J. Newcomer (May 20): The European red-mite is commoner and more 
widespread than last year. In orchards sprayed with dormant lime- 
sulphur, as nigh as 200 individuals per leaf were observed on May 1 
on the eldest leaves of apple and pear, a condition not noted last 
year. Orchards sprayed with dormant cil sprays are not badly in- 
fested. Winter eggs hatched aocut April 15. At this date ovi- 
posit ion by the first orood of adults is about over. The eggs 
from this orood began hatching May 13 and en account of the warm 
weather a few second-brood adults ire present now. 
PEAR 
PEAR TKRIPS ( Taenicthiips inconsequens Uzel) 
New York C. R. Crosby and assistants: The pear thrips over the eastern part 
of the fruit belt is reported as generally below normal in abundance, 
except for reports of considerable injury in a few orchards in Greene 
County, despite the backward season. 
