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FRUIT Il^SZCTS 
GENERAL 
New York 
California 
rennsylvania 
Irsinia 
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APHIIDaS '■ 
C. R. Crosby and assistants (May 2): Reports from Suffolk, Ulster, 
Chautaulua , Uayne, Orleans, and Columbia Counties indicate that 
aphids are generally less abundant than usual in the I T e-.- York 
State fruit belt. Yates County, however, reports, that they are 
very abundant in some orchards. 
T. D. Urbahns (April l6): r 7. C. Barber reported aphids in large 
numbers in Kern County -flying and attacking such crops as peach, 
melon, apple, and cotton. Later investigations showed that xi":-_i ■:. 
gossypii and Aohi s me di eg girds --ere probably the t ,_T o species most- 
ly involved and that they ^ere migrating from the immense acreage 
cf grassland where the grass and weeds were drying off along the 
foothills. («pril 19;: P. P. Brann reported aphids of several 
species in unusual abundance in fields, orchards and truck crops 
and stated that ladybird beetles, lace wing larvae and Byrne nop - 
terous parasites were present in large numbers, in Tulare County. 
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11): Vistied two orchards in which were found 
o 10 per bad, mostly oat aphids, Rhoualosi-phum 
H. N. Fbrthley 
infestations of 1 
-prunifoliae . Colonies moderately abundant in nev growth of apule 
Rew Wilmington, Lawrence County. All stages, including winged mi- 
grants, present* Stem mothers beginning to batch and appear on 
opening buds in different counties as follows: 
Payette liar. 2k 
Washington .. Mar. 25 
Allegheny ... Mar. 25 
Bedford Mar. 2o 
Blair Mai" . 2o 
Lawr ence .... Apr . o 
S. Hough (May 15) : A cur 
ae:e of 10 auhids per bud in most orchards was found 
15 per bnd average 
moderat e 
moderate 
15-70 per bud 
abundant 
1-7 per bud 
orchards 
1 orchard 
1 " 
2 orchards 
1 cr cb ar d 
1 •' 
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wade of an average of 10 trees 
in each of 10 orchards in Frederick and Clarke Counties; an aver- 
The stawe 
of development of plants was delayed dormant to prepink. 
a. C. Bun ill (May 20): The oat aphid seems to have migrated from 
its host on v/hich it was sparingly present last month so th t 
there is no considerable epidemic here. 
