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Mississippi. C. Lyle (July 25): On June 2S> a correspondent at Houston, Chicka- 
saw County, in the northern part of the State, sent in a number of injured 
peach twigs. 
Michigan. R, Hut son (July 25); Has "been active in the southern half of the Lower 
Peninsula, in the vicinities of Grand Rapids, South Haven, Benton Harbor, 
Rochester, Northville,and Pontiac. 
PLUM CUECULIO ( Conotrachelus nenuphar Hbst.) 
Maine. F, H. Lathrop (July 22): Peak of abundance of adults in apple trees 
occurred during the week ending Juno 25. Larvae began leaving apples dur- 
ing the last week in June, at Monmouth. Throughout the State injury is 
distinctly more severe than last year. 
New Y rk. IT. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (July): In Ulster County, in the 
lower Hudson River Valley, one orchard was observed whore larvae have 
caused considerable loss in sour cherries. Larvae in peaches have caused 
a heavy drop of fruit in the sane area. 
Delaware. L. A. Stearns (July 23): Jarring data show no peak of first-brood 
emergence during early July such as usually recorded; departure fron normal 
possibly due to prolonged period of heavy rain. 
Virginia, A. M. Woods ide (July 20): Adults of the first summer brood are common 
in poach orchards of Albemarle County, in north-central Virginia. Cviposi- 
tion in the insectary has been light. 
Georgia. 0. I, Snapp (July 15): Peaches in central Georgia were attacked by a 
heavy second brood tf larvae. Conditions were very favorable for the develop- 
ment of new beetles in the soil and frequent rains in June facilitated 
emergence. There was heavy emergence late in May and in June. Second- 
generation o<zf; deposition was heavy late in June, resulting in many wormy 
peaches of the late-maturing varieties. Fifty-one percent of the new 
beetles had deposited second-generation eggs "by July lU. The infestation 
increased so rapidly late in June that it is now heavier than that of an 
average year. 
C, H. Alden (July 21): Less than 1 percent of the peaches being har- 
vested at Cornelia is infested, the lightest infestation in this section 
in several years. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle and assistants (July 25): Severe damage to unsprayed 
peaches reported in the s outhwestern and east-central parts of the State. 
Ohio. T. K. Parks (July 25): After S years of comparative freedom from this 
insect the peach crop is now infested. In cne orchard, visited on July 22, 
the infestation was heavier than that of the Oriental fruit moth. No 
serious damage has occurred to applos. 
Michigan. R. Hutson (July 25): This pest has-been very active on the Lower 
Peninsula in the vicinity of Marquette and unusually severe at Grand Rapids, 
Parmington, and Augusta in the same area. 
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