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infe station of thri-ns in pear and apple orchards in the An- 
telope Valley. The insects are numerous enough to cause 
many of the growers in the Valley to become concerned about 
the best methods of control. 
CHERRY 
BUCK CH3ERY APHID ( Myzus ceras i Fab. ) 
New York Weekly Hews. Letter, New York State College of Agriculture 
(Hay): Black cherry aphids were present in both the lower 
Hudson River Valley and in the western part of the State. 
By the end of the month they were increasing very rapidly in 
the lower Hudson River Valley. (Abstract J.A.H. ). 
CHERRY FRUIT FLIES ( Rhagoletis spp.) 
Michigan R. H. Pettit (May 22): We are still collecting cherry 
fruit flies from cages, and there is a vast difference in 
the number produced by the different wild cherries. I feel 
very safe in saying that the black bodied cherry fruit fly, 
(R. fa as t a 0. S.) breeds by the thousand in the pin cherry, 
which is also called the fire cherry, Primus nennsylvanica . 
We have obtained lesser numbers from the other wild cherries 
and from some of them we have obtained so:me^frth^rh.it&i~';' 
b^ndcdhadults ■ (R. c i r- ,to.1 at a Lo ew ) as well. I rather think 
that the breeding of white-banded specimens in quantity in 
wild cherries is a new thing. Probably others have failed 
to produce them because they did not collect cherries by 
the peck and cage them over as we did. 
CHERRY CASE BEARER ( Coleonhora m-nniella Clem.) 
Wisconsin C. L. Fluke (May 15): An average of about 25 case bearers 
per one foot of twig on a-p-le in Door County. Less on 
cherries, considerably more on apples. Definite counts this 
spring show 90 per cent kill on cherries and 75 per cent 
kill with the same material on arrples. 
RASPBERRY 
A CUECULIONID ( Gcoderce s mel anothrix Toy. ) 
Washington Win. W. Baker (April 8 and 9): G> melanothrix is more 
abundant on Marlboro raspberries in the vicinity of Puyallup 
than usual. It was very numerous in some fields in 1915 in 
the same vicinity but is now rather widespread throughout 
this immediate territory every year although seldom injuri- 
ous: It normally feeds on native shrubs and plants. 
