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September, when conditions were very favorable to the codling 
mo tii , ~nd the number of late norms vas reduced to a very low point 
3. L. Chambers (September IS-Gctober 1): From 6 to 20 per cent o~ 
the apples are infected with the codling moth over the entire Stat' 
APPLE AEFD THORN SSBIET03SHZEH ( Hemeroohila pa.rtana Gerck) 
C. R. Phipps (October b): This is the first report of this insect 
in Maine although similar injury was noted on Cutts Island last 
summer. Foliage turned brown in July and August in un sprayed and 
lightly sprayed orchards. 
2. ?. Felt (October 2d): Apple and thorn skeletonizer adults have 
been flying in numbers the last two weeks in various localities in 
the central and southern part of the State, areas where there has 
been considerable foliage injury the past season. 
APPLE MAGGOT ( Rhawoletis pomonolla , Wal sh ) 
F. Z. Brooks (October 1/) ! I desire to report that for the first 
time within my memory we are having at French Creek a serious out- 
break of the apple maggot. It seems to be confining its attacks, 
so far as I have observed, to Grimes Golden, around 7? per cent 
of the fruits of that Variety are infested. Previous*;' I have fount 
the species in "Jest Virginia only at elevations around 3.0C0 feet 
above sea level. This occurrence, at about l.oOO feet altitude , 
is unusual for this region. 
B. L. Chambers (Ssptember l^-October 1): The railroad worm Le very 
abundant in some La Crosse and Trempealeau County orchards. 
SCURFY SCAL3 ( Chionasois furfura Fitch) 
B, 7i. Hendenhall (October 1): I find that apple trees and even 
apple stock in the nurseries in southwestern Ohio are V^dly infeq- 
ted v.-ith the scurfy scale, giving a white appearance. 
PEAR SLUG- ( Eriocr.nrooidcs limacir.a Retz. ) 
5. "J. Mendenhall (October 6): I find outbreaks of the pear slugs 
on pear stock in some of the nurseries in I.'iami County. 
PEACH 
PEACH BORER Ue^cria oxitiosa Say) 
0. I. Snapp (October. 20 /Ifore paradiclilorobanzenc is being used in 
Georgia this year than for several years. This is largely due to 
