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The codling moth infestation is about average in the Niagara district, 
Ontario. In the Okanagah Valley, British Columbia, unusually heavy infesta- 
tions were expected following prolonged dry hot weather. 
In the Niagara fruit district of Ontario, tho oriental fruit moth is 
at a low level. In the more heavily infested peach orchards in south- 
western Ontario, the parasite situation is very encouraging. 
Thirty percent of the cherries growing on a farm near Brentwood 
(Vancouver Island) , British Columbia, were infested by the cherry fruitf ly. 
Prior to 1937. this species had not been observed in the district since 1906. 
Another year of heavy infestation by the European spruce sawfly is 
expected in the Gaspc Poninsula, Quebec. Collections from southern Ontario 
have shown that the species is well established and abundant at Gait, Toronto, 
and Guelph. It has also been taken near Barrie, Angus, Pcterboro, and 
Lindsay." No previous records arc known from this region. 
The spruce budworm appears to be very active throughout southern . 
Ontario and in northwestern Ontario, cast to Dryden. An infestation also 
appears to be building up in southern Ontario. 
