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RASP3ERRY PPUIT WORM (^turus unicolor Say) 
New York Weekly News Letter, New York State College of Agriculture 
('.'.ay): Beetles "began emerging throughout the Hudson River 
Valley in central Nov York during the first week in the 
month. 3y the end of the month they were very numerous, 
particularly in the Hudson- River Valley where they were 
skeletonizing the leaves and eating off the flower buds. 
(Abstract J.A.K.) 
Michigan R. H. Pettit ("lay 25): The. American raspberry "beetle is 
common in all rasuberry patches in Berrien County. ,. In and 
around Benton Harbor control measures have "been necessary. 
At present the adult beetles arc feeding on .the leaves and 
have started to work on the opening buds. 
Washington ■ Wm. W. Baker ('lay 25): Bud and blossom counts on rasp- 
berries and loganberries at Auburn, Alderton, Pyallup, and 
Sumner gave from 18.4 to 26 per cent damage . but not enough 
counts have been made to indicate how general 'this is. 
Moderately few eggs have been observed. to date. 
GRAPE . 
GRIPE FLEA BEETLE ( Ealtica chal.ybea 111.) 
New York New York News Letter, N. Y. State College of Agriculture 
(May 4): Pound one cage of quite severe damage to grapes 
by the flea beetle in Columbia County. 
Virginia C. P.. Willey (May 11): Mr. P. G. Claiborne, of Guinea, 
reports the grapevine flea beetle doing considerable damage 
to his grapes this year. It is eating buds as they open. 
He has been growing grapes for 40 years, and this is his 
first expedience with this. pest. He has a planting of over 
a thousand vines, and fears destruction'. 
Mississippi R. '.7. Named and assistants (May): The grape flea beetle 
is quite abundant in some sections on cultivated and wild 
grapes, in Stone County, and was reported, from Lauderdale 
County on May 9. 
GRAPE LEIFHOFPEE (Eryt hroneur a comes Say) 
New Jersey Weekly News Letter, New Jersey State College of Agriculture 
(May 2G): Loaf hoppers are showing up in large numbers on 
grape in Gloucester County. 
Virginia C. P. Willey (May 25): Grape leafhoppers are very abundant 
in Powhatan County. 
