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Vir^'^inia 
North 
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PLUM 
PLU'I CUECULIO fConotrachelus nenupMr Herbst) 
H. T. Pernald {May 31), "Ilr. L. llid.sley reports that tliis 
insect is far more ntunerous tloan last year at Worcester. 
This month has been c::aracterized hy more rain than usual 
and o:ctrcmcs of tempo ratarc." 
\7, E. Britton (June 23), "Seomins'ly more niraerous than 
usual at Fev/ Haven, Hilford, V/i::stGd, and V/eathersfield," 
P. J. R>.rrott {l^Y 28). "Beetles beginning to puncture 
youn{j fruit at Geneva," 
C» E, Crosby and assistants report that the beetles v;ere 
first observed in Orle: ns Goiuity on liay 20; by June 18 they 
ha.d become numcroiis and destructive in a few orchards in this 
countj-. Very abundant and injurious in Albany County; seri- 
OLisly abundant in. Colombia Coujity. In ifeyne County, by June 
24, 50 per cent of the fruit had been dama-'jed on one side of 
an orclia.rd at Sodus, the side tii:.t± infested being nearest 
to Woodland, Also very ntimerous and destructive in Nassau, 
Ulster, Orange, and Genesee Counties," 
L. P. Strickland, "First adult observed on Ilay 24 in Niagara 
County. By June 18, scverelj?- numcrou'5 in several orchards," 
V/, H, V/ellhousG (-fcy 13), "Actively cq-^ laying on young apri- 
cot fruit in vicinity of cherry at Ithaca," 
F, Z, Hartzell {June 18), "Adults now laying eggs, but not 
common in Chautauqua County." 
f« ^, Adams {April 26), "From 3 to 20 per cent of the ap- 
ples about Bridgeville were found to be infcatt-o., inj-vw^Tr 
more common in orchards surrounded by v/oodlots and more no- 
ticeable in the dusted than in the sprayed tracts," 
D. T. Gray {April 20), "Damage to fruit of apples v/orse than 
ever observed before in Ivfersliall and Tyler Countjes." 
E. G. Sher-vood (June 2). "Heavy infestation; larva stage 
developed on both plums and cherries. Did not liave time to 
make counts, but I think at least 75 per cent of the fruit is 
damaged at Parke r sburg , V/ood Coionty," 
Franklin Sherman (liay 21). "Found first adult of the season 
on Ilarch 19. On May 21 also found an adult {not teneral) 
apparently of hibernated generation. This indicates for this 
year a seasonal range of ovcrvvintered specimens of 64 days." 
