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The San Jose scale conditions throughout the eastern part of the 
United States ere generally quite favorable, light infestations are "being 
reported over practically all of the Eastern States. In the Pacific 
Northwest, however, very severe injury is anticipated this year, largely 
because of unfavorable weather conditions during the dormant spray per io . . 
The heavy plum curculio infestations of the South Atlantic States 
reported in the last number of the Bulletin have developed to even more 
serious proportions during the last month. First- generation beetles will 
probably appear early in June in the Ft. Valley section of Georgia and will 
undoubtedly do very serious damage to the small crop of fruit which the 
overwintering weevils left. This serious condition extends from Maryland 
to Alabama. 
The raspberry fruit worm, which has been so seriously injuring lo- 
ganberries in Washington State, seems more prevalent than heretofore and 
has even been observed this year destroying strawberry and occasionally 
injuring the petioles of cherry and apple. 
Mole ericket damage is being reported quite generally over the 
coastal plains region from North Carolina to Florida and in southern 
Alabama. 
The Colorado potato beetle is now being reported in the big potato- 
growing section a.bout Hastings, Fir.., having extended into this territory 
last y^ar. A rather unusual infestation of asparagus by the adult bee- 
tles is reported from Michigan. 
A very unusual infestation of strawberry crowns ^oy the larvae of 
a buprcstid, Chrysobothris pu b esc en s Fall, is reported from Washington 
State. A similar report was received last November from Or-gon. 
The Mexican bean beetle first appeared in the field in Del.' 
May 1. Over the newly infested regions of Maryland and Virginia it is ap- 
pearing in considerable numbers. 3y the middle of the month it was found 
in the field in central Ohio. 
A very serious disease, of beans which makes the growth of th 
practically impossible in Haiti, except at the highest altitudes, has 
n found to be associated with a small, green leafhopper. 
The beet leaf hopper seems to be at a low ebb of abund 
Great Basin beet-growing sections. It is reported to be moderately abun- 
dant in eastern Oregon and it invaded the ' . .. tte Valley in 1926. 
Very serious infestations of —''-.ids on lettuco are re :~om 
• S a linas Valley in California. 3y the end of April appro - - . ly 
12,000 acres were seriously infested and a. loss of 50 per cent is anti i- 
patcd. 
The satin moth fo :..' mpir., ."ash., which is consider- 
ably south of the territory hitherto known to : e infested in . . 
