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tlie season in orc^J?.rds on lifjht soils in Columbia County. 
L, F. Strickland (June 18 )• "Just bef^innin^'^: to appear on 
apple. Sli/^ht infestations appear on prune, Mucli bclov; 
normal numbers in riagara CoLTnty," 
Fa ra t e tranychus pilosus Can. & Panz, 
Hew Yorli G. R» Crosby and assistants roi:)ort this insect as atnmdant 
in many orclr.rds in Columbia Gomty. Also f oxmd in Albany 
and Onondaga Counties, Th^ro is a possibilit.y tliat several 
of the Hew Yorlc-gtate notes on Te tranychus citri in reality 
refer to this insect* 
PEAR 
PEAE THRirS ( Taeniothrijs ir-conseouens Uzel ) 
New York G. E. Smith (June 18) reports this insect as being present 
in greater nuinbcrs than last year in Orleans County, but not 
plentiful and not injur ioiis, 
J. B. Palnier (June 18). ''Very abundcnt in Ulster County. 
Disappeared about Jane 6." 
L. F. Strickland (June 18). "Onlj^ one insto.nce of foliage 
and blossom injuri'- noticed in ITiagara County." 
E. P. Pelt {Ilay 21). "Mr. Haa^hcy reports pear thrips are 
about 50 per cent more abundant in i^iagara County, thor.gh 
only a minor percentage of the crop is damaged." 
PEAR PSYLLA ( Psvlla -pyricola Poerst. ) 
New York C. R. Crosby and assistants report this insect as e::trcmely 
abundant in Orleans, Genesee, Columbia, Genesee, Ulster, arxL 
Onondaf^a Counties. By ii?.y 28 adults v/ere out in Columbia, 
Genesee, Orleans, V/ayne, and Onondaga Counties, By June 11 
secoHi-brood njTnphs were appearing abundantly in Ulster 
County and by June 18 they were ntuncrous in Wajrne, Orleans, 
and Genesee Counties, In the more seriously infested regions 
an emergency spray is being applied for the control of the 
second-brood nymphs, 
brood 
L, P. Strickland (Ifey 28). "Firs_t/of nymphs have for the 
most part bccor.x adults ir. I'iagara County. (June 11). 
Second brood of ny-mpiis -beginning to appear, v;ith a vast num- 
ber of eggs still bein.'"' deposited. (Jane 18). About three- 
fourths of the sec orx. -brood eggs have hatched. Severe infes- 
tation general over entire count;"," 
