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FRUIT INSECTS 
APPLE • 
APPLE APHIDS (Aphiidae) 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (April 26): Orchard plant lice are normally 
abundant, as evidenced by overwintering eggs. We found the first 
hatching at Amherst on April l6. 
Connecticut, P. Carman (April 20): Aphis pomi Beg. and Anur aphis roseus 
Baker are less abundant than last year in New Haven County. Lady- 
beetles emerging in considerable numbers from hibernation. 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (April): The rosy apple aphid 
was hatching generally in the Hudson River Valley the last week of the 
month. A few grain aphids ( Rhopal o s iphum prunifoliae Pitch) and green 
aphids were also observed. In western New York a very few specimens of 
the grain and green species had been observed by the last of the month. 
The only report of the rosy aphid was .made from Ithaca, where a single 
specimen was taken on April 26. 
Pennsylvania. J. 0. Pepper (April 26): Infestations of rosy apple aphid 
are scattered in eastern Pennsylvania ar^ple orchards. 
New Jersey. E. Kostal (April 22): Rosy apple aphid infestation light on 
apple trees at Morganville, Monmouth County, where the trees are in 
pre-pink stage. 
Virginia, A. M. Woodside (March 30) : Apple aphids began hatching in Augusta 
County (central valley region of Virginia) about March 30* Rosy aphid 
rare. 
W. S. Hough (April 2U): Apple aphids not numerous. Little or no 
commercial damage expected around Winchester, in northern Virginia, from 
rosy aphid. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (April 26); Apple aphids are scarce in southern 
Indiana, according to G-. E. Marshall. 
Wisconsin. C. L. Fluke (April 20): Eggs of the common species of fruit 
aphids not abundant, suggesting a very light early infestation in south- 
western Wisconsin. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (Aoril 27): The different species of plant lice on 
fruit trees seem to be less abundant this spring than normally. Only 
one or two reports have been received. 
