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a greater "borer infestation. For several years the Georgia peach 
grov/ers have not "been giving so much attention to this pest as 
they should, and as a result the infestation has materially 4o* 
creased and much damage has resulted to the trees. 
I 
Ohio 
Illinois 
J-eorgia 
Illinois 
Indiana 
Washington 
Z. W. irendenhall (October 3) : . The v:ork of the peach tree borer 
is about as severe as usual. 
WV P. Flint (October 17 ): Adult peach tre% ftflhery <:fAt\?Sj4$ * 
emerge up to October 5, ^ Carbondale, in southern Illinois. In 
some -cases - pecan ^rov.tr s. in • this "se*ctiofe»had applied par'adi chloroben- 
zene early in- September. These treatmt woj^ld pr»toably not pre- 
vent injury by -the iarvae hatching fron. f fjf'At 'Xite*-^9ergia0h- •.. 
moths. ' * ; ■ ' ' j : *\ 
ORicir'TAL tBXStl! HOIK ( Last>cyrrsia molest a ; 3usck) 
0. J. Snapp (Octobir ' 21 ) .: Tbisinsect has spread to many new lo- 
calities in Georgia during the 1927 season, although it is still 
not a pest of major import,ance_i'n-ssetions where late peaches and 
apples are not. grom . This insect is now. in. hibernation here. 
• SMiulT>7E5D Cidl2aPILLAR..( ACronycta dblinita S. ) 
'.7. P. Flint- (October 17): This "caterpillar, has been- found in mod- 
erate numbers on the' foliage of peaeh. ' In" some, case s>as much as 
25 per cent -of the " trees in certain -orchards -/ere being b*dly de- 
foliated by ;this pe^st. " "' ' •'• 
TARNI SHED PLANT BUG (Ly^s pratensis .L . ) - 
P.- A. Porter. (October ..22 ) : The '• tarni shed plant bug is very abund- 
ant on almost all plants. Te are .particularly" interested in this 
species as a peach, pest, and it's abundance this foil threat era seri-» 
ous damage < to peaches next spring. . 1 ' 
LOGAISBRRY 
'ississippi 
RASPBZRRY FRUIT FORI; ( Byturus uni color S-y) 
J. J. Shearer (October 2k) : On Vashon Island-, Puget Sound, as the 
grov7ers of loganberries delivered their crops to the canneries, 
near Tacoma, they were rejected on the grounds that the berries ... 
were wormy. : " -• ... . ■ 
•• .•<-••••'•• ' PSC^IT 
PECA1T SHUCXFORK ( Laspeyresi a caryana Fitch) 
R. F. Earned (October 27)":"' On October 3, inspector &. P. Colraer , 
