-64- 
Orleans, Monroe, and "'gyne Counties. Field assistants report 
" tat fe jr orchards are s :-.riously infested this year than in 
1927. Growers have applied an oil spray for this ^est in sever I 
instances. 
Cornell Dept, of Ent, N ■ z Lett r (April 9): 
Niagara County ('". Z. Blauvel t) : There are still a fe"' in- 
festations of the cottony peach scale for which growers will 
apply on oil spray, 
Wayne County (F. 2»Frane): The few orchards with th ttmy 
scale are being sprayed this week. 
ORIENTAL FRUIT ::OTH ( Lasoevr isio rr.o"! I ck) 
(JeorgLs Oliver I, Snapp and H* S, Swingte (April 19): No injury from this 
insect has shown up yet in •: Fort Valley, L=»st year the first 
twi-g injury was noted on April 2. With such a lat< st rt th usual 
number of generations is not anticipated, i (April 25): The tirst 
oriental peach roth larva, of the 1923 season 
field to ay. The individual '"as about 2 days old. The >1 - 
started to " r ork about threi " ' r this year than it did in 1927, 
as the first larvas '"as observed in the field lest year on April 
GREEN PEACH APHID (l.iyzus nersicae Sulz, ) 
New York Cornell Dept. of Ent. News Letter (April 30): 
Ulster County (jBWLHambleton): Green peach ind 
on the 23rd nearly h->lf gro^n* 
PLUM CUEC T JLIO ( Conotmchrlus nonuorr r : . ) 
North Carolina R„ 7, Leihy (May 4): According to J. A. H adult cure Alios 
are being taken more commonly than usual by jan -i 
trees in North Carolina's Sandhill commercial pea i. - u 
first • re now being laid. A few youn./ It 
bbs rved. The season is f-o to th 
Geor-i- 
SPOTI - ITLE (Diabrotica duo b. ) 
Oliver I, Snapp (April 20): For t-o or thre^ weeks the ts 
r. : ve been qi is in peach orchards ■' , fee 
the foli ch fleers. In Bome cases < 
the little p ach 
SOLDI?" 
Illinois 5. C. Chandler (April 18)j D] first ids obs 
-on in southern Illi ; - from in 
Johnson County April 13. S1 
off. 
