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CHERRY 
PUENAM'S SCALE. ( Aspidiotus nncylus Putn.) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (March 15): rearing the first woek in March a Dodge 
County correspondent sent in specimens of bark of a cherry tree shoving' 
a heavy infestation and injury. 
PLUM 
PEAR THRIPS ( Taeniothriur. incorseoucrs Uzel.) 
Oregon. S. C. Jones (March 24): Prune thrips began emerging during the last 
week in February. The peak of emergence was reached on March 12, when 
prune buds were in the white tip stage in the earlier sections, arid 
late green tip stage of development in the later sections of the 
Willamette Valley. Eggs were observed on March 12 near Corvallis. First- 
instar larvae were found in prune orchard near F.oseburg on March 21 and 
in an orchard near Forest Grove on March 22. 
California. F. H. Wymore (March 2l): Pear thrips arc moderately abundant 
in prune and plum orchards in the coastal areas of Santa Clara, Napa, 
Solano, and Sonoma Counties. Emergence of adults began on January 30 
and cortinued until the present, the peak being reached about March 4. 
The first nymphs were observed on March 8. 
S. Lockwood (March 27): During the week of March 18-24, larvae were 
reported as very prevalent on pears and plums in orchards along the 
Sacramento River south of Sacramento. 
DESTRUCTIVE PRUNE WORM (Mineola scitulella Hulst) 
Idaho. R. W. Haegele (March 20): Overwintering larvae started to emerge 
during the first week in March. Infestations on prune are light to 
heavy . 
RASPBERRY AND BLACKBERRY 
•ROSE SCALE ( Aulacas-nis ro sac Eoucho) 
Ohio. E. W. Mendenhall (March 26): The rose scale is abundant in some 
raspberry and blackberry plantings in Fairfield County. 
California. M. L. Jones (March 16): Kern County reports the rose scale as 
having caused slight damage locally to roses and blackberries during 
February. 
GRAPE 
GRAPE LEAFHOPPER ( Erythroneura comes Say) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swer.k (March 15): A Kearney County correspondent, during 
the first week in March, reported the finding of many hibernating speci- 
mens of the grape lcafhoppcr while cleaning out the dead leaves from 
among a lilac hedge near where this pest had defoliated his woodbine 
last summer. 
