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GRAPE 
New York 
New Jersey 
Delaware 
Maryland 
Mississippi 
Massachusetts 
Vermont 
Delaware 
Ohio 
Indiana 
. GRAPE LEAEHOPPER ( Erythroneura cones Say) 
N, Y, State Coll. Agr., Weekly Hews Letter (June.!): Grape 
leaf hoppers are very numerous in Dutchess County. 
N, J. State Coll. Agr., Weekly News Letter (June 23) l Grape 
leaf hoppers are appearing in rather large numbers in sotie of the 
orchards where nicotine has "been omitted in Morris County. 
L, A, Stearns (June 22): Grape leaf hoppers are very abundant 
throughout the State. Eirst-brood nymphs occurred at Bridgevillc 
June 1. 
GRAPEVINE APHID ( Macro siphum illinoisensis Shim.) 
W. S, Abbott (June 3): M. illinoisensis is just appearing on 
grape at Silver Spring. 
AN APHID ( Aphis ripariae Oest.) 
$, Dietrich (June): An aphis ( Aphis ripariae ) was moderately 
abundant on grapes at Lucedale early in June. 
ROSE CHAEER ( Macro dactyl us subspinosus Eab.) 
A, I. Bourne (June 26): The rose chafer is apparently at 
least normally abundant on its usual host plants. In addition 
it has been found to be causing considerable injury to foliage 
of young apple trees quite generally throughout eastern 
Massachusetts. In the Connecticut River Valley section I have 
noted that beetles were scarring young forming fruit. Prof. 
Whitcomb reports that he has observed them skeletonizing the 
foliage of bush string beans in the market garden sectiom around 
Walt ham. 
H, L, Bailey (June 23): The rose chafer is very abundant in, 
Several sections. 
I L, A. Stearns (June 22): The rose chafer is very abundant on 
^11 host plants throughout the State. 
! E. W. Mendenhall (June 18): The rose chafer is quite bad on 
Jfose bushes, destroying the bloom, in Painesville. 
J, J, Davis (June 24): The rose chafer destroyed a third of a 
15-acre cornfield at Winamac June 20. They were reported causing 
much damage to grapes and other fruits at Port Wayne, June 9, and 
damaging green apples at Culver June 13. 
