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Illinois T, P, Flint (April 18): There has been the highest winter 
mortality of the San Jbse scale iv r shown by our records in 
this State, Examinations of s.c»le on unsurayed tress at several 
noints in southern Illinois, whore the normal ""inter - rt lity 
runs about SO to 70 per cent, shows a mortality this year of 
from 93 to 93 per cent. One lot of scale from unsprayed peach 
at Centralia showed only 0,8 per cent living scale, The ma- 
tures of the pest winter have not been unusually low. In most 
of the area -"here this high mortality occurred, the minimi 
temperature of the '-inter was from 5°to 8° below zero. At. ttly 
the scale was killed by the very sudien changes which occur/ 
during the "'inter, probably mainly by the drop occurring during 
the first days of January, 
Nebraska ;... H, Swenk (January 1 to April 15): After s v cal s - 3ns of 
no new reports of infestations by the San Jose scale, durin 
March, 1928, three new infestations were found in three different 
Nebraska localities; all of them were very restricted, ho"' cr, 
and none" of them involved commercial nurseri '. 
APPLE 
APHIIDAS 
Massachusetts A, I, E urne (April 31): Throughout our college orchards the 
apple aphids are slightly less abundant than normally. Prof . 
'Thitccmb from the eastern part of the State reports th 
plentiful but not abnormally abundant in that section. The aggs 
began hatching in the r: don of the college here about April 
8 to 10, although because of the cold weather which " 
experienced since that time development has been -very slow. Prof, 
Thitcomb reports the aphids as hatching in the region of Middl - 
sex County on April 10, 
Connecticut M« P. Zappe (April 24): Very few -phids can be found on buds. 
Eggs ■- ry scarce. They appear to be very much less abundnnt 
th l ] ;t year, in New Haven County. 
York Cornell D:pt. of Ent, Ne^s Let r (April 16): 
Greene County (A.S.Mills): The aphids a, re mostly gr q and ram 
a,phids. Very few rosy hav 
Onondaga County (W v E.Eield): As y t, n a. n d rosy aphid 
ve not c 31 n observ . 
Dutchess County (Bay E nd r): Aphids are infer asing in numt 
but so far no rosy has been s en, 
Niagara County (W.E.Blauvelt): App] 
in only a few ore' 'T-Y th. phids. 
Orange County (Sidney Jon- s): M < t ps \ r r y for t 
delay ed-dormant spray and if the weal 
••■ill" spray early n d . Rosy aphids and - - 
hatching but ire not abundant in most ore. rds. Aohis i 
Lth li i it orchards. 
