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CAB3AGE 
CABBAGE APHID ( Brevicoryne brassicac L. ) 
Utah. G. F. Knovvlton (June 21): The cabbage aphid is abundant upon cabbage at 
Blanding. 
Nebraska, M. H. Swenk (May 20 - June 20): A Morrill County correspondent re- 
ported the cabbage aphid working on. cauliflower the latter part. of May. 
This pest was reported also from Dawson- County, attacking garden truck. 
Texas. E. ". Leake (May): Cabbage aphids are very abundant in Dallas County. 
CABBAGE MAGGOT ( Hylemyia brassicae Bouche) 
Connecticut. .7. E. Britton (June 23): The cabbage maggot is reported as being 
very abundant and destructive in Storrs, East Hartford, wcthersfield, North 
. Haven, Milford, Orange, East Haven, Cheshire, VToodbury, and "Jindsor. It is 
attacking cabbage and cauliflower throughout the State. 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. of Agr. News Letter (June): The infestation was 
very serious early in the month on Long Island, Untreated-fields lost from 
50 to 60 per cent of the stand. It was also more destructive than it has 
been for several years in Onondaga County. (Abstract, J.A.H. ) 
Pennsylvania. C. A. Thomas (May 29): Cabbage maggots have been less .common 
than usual in the southeastern counties, and few cabbage fields were badly 
, injured. 
LIMA BEAN VINE BORER ( Monovtilota -pergratialis Hulst); . 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (June 22): It is attacking lima beans in h'Y/'icomico and 
S overset Counties and Ford Hook. 
RED TURNIP BEETLE ( Entomoscelis adonidis Pal.) 
Minnesota. A. C-. Ruggles (June 26): Jh_ adonidis is doing considerable damage 
to cabbage and cauliflower at Meadowlands, St. Louis County. 
MELONS 
PICXLE 770RM ( Di-.aphania ni tidal is Stoll) 
Alabama. 0. T. Deen (May 16): The pickle worm was causing unusually severe 
damage to early cucumbers in southern Baldwin County on the above da.te. 
Jully 50 per cent of the cucumbers harvested on many farms for early shipp- 
Hng were rejected because of injury. An unusual thing about damage is that 
the injury was more severe in the early part of the shipping season than 
later. Ordinarily, the injury appears later in the season and has a ten- 
dency to increase rather than decrease. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (June 22): Injury to cantaloupes was reported from Lake, 
Scott County, on June 17, while a correspondent at Tupelo, Lee County, re- 
ported injury to squash on June 19. 
