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PBaCH TWIG BORER (ihiarsia iineatella Zell.) 
Massachusetts A. I. Bourne (May 21): Mr. Tfaitcomb reports discovering 
the peach twig borer, Anar sia Iineatella Zell., boring in 
the "buds of peach on May lU, at "hich time larvae "'ere 
apparently about t-o- thirds grown. His estimate of the injury 
they "'ere causing ranged from 2 to 5 P er cent. 
South Carolina J. 0. Pep-oer (May 1): The -ork of this insecthhas been observer 
in a number of orchards in the Piedmont Section but is not 
considered as causing serious injury. 
Missouri 
Ne"' York 
PEriCH BORER ( Aegeria exitiosa Say) 
L. Haseman (May 21); This pest has been scarce for t"-o or 
three years in central Missouri and a fe™ are to be found in 
untreated trees this spring." 
COTTONY PEaCH SCALE ( Pulvlnaria amygdali Ckll.) 
C. R. Crosby and assistants: A number of peach growers in 
'.Niagara , Monroe.. Orleans., and Wayne Counties, bordering Lake 
Ontario, are applying lubricating-oil emulsions and miscible- 
oil sprays for the control of this pest. Infestations are 
spotted from- the several counties and in the orchard. A good 
percentage of the overwintering forms were killed during the 
winter,. 
CHERRY 
Ohio 
Georgia & 
Alabama 
Mississippi 
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CHERRY SCALE ( Asnidiotus fo rbesi Johns. ) 
E, W, Mendenhall (May 19): I find that most of the cherry 
trees in central and southwestern Ohio are infested quite 
bo.dly with the cherry scale. 
PLUM ■ 
RUSTY PLUM APHID ( Hvsteroneura setaria e Thos.) 
Oliver I. Snapp (April 27): I have received a number of 
specimens and complaints of this oest from Georgia and Alabama. 
In most cases they are attacking plum trees, but a few re- 
ports show damage to young peach trees. The spring has been 
unusually cool, with frequent light rains, and aphid s of all 
kinds are more abundant than usual. 
R. Yv*. Earned (April 2U): Reported by a correspondent attacking 
cherry at McCool on April 20, on plum at Newton on April 2U, 
and was determined by A. L. Hamner as this insect. 
SPRING CANKERWORM ( Paleacrita vernatr Peck) 
J. W. McColloch (May 6): Ee-gs and larvae were received from 
