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PEAR THRIPS ( Taeniothrips inconsequens Uzel) 
"«7 e ekly News Letter, N. Y. State Coll. Agr. (April): 
The pear thrips made its first appearance in the Lower 
Hudson Valley on April 14, an unusually warm day. Con- 
siderable damage has already been recorded. 
PEAR LEAP BLISTER MITE ( Eriophyes pyri Pgst.) 
E. 0.. Essig (April 1): Abundant in buds of orchards not 
sprayed in fall. Some terminal buds completely killed. 
Vermont 
Pennsylvania 
Georgia 
Florida 
Ohio 
Illinois 
Missouri 
Mississippi 
Indiana 
PEACH 
PEACH BORER ( Aegeria exitiosa Say) 
H. L. Bailey (April 18): The peach borer has been noted 
in the southeastern corner of the State, which is the only 
part where peaches can be grown, but I have made no recent 
observations. 
T. L. Guyton (April 15): The peach borer is scarce at 
Harrisburg,' 
C. H. Alden (April 21): Nearly full grown larvae of the 
peach borer, though scarce, are found in trees at Cornelia. 
J. B.Gill (April 25): The peach borer is moderately 
abundant at Albany, especially in neglected peach orchards. 
J. R. rVatson (April 26): The peach borer is moderately 
abundant, 
J. S. Houser (April 16): ±he peach borer is moderately 
abundant throughout the State. 
S. C. Chandler (-kpril 15): - L here was no unusual winter 
mortality of the peach borer in southern Illinois. 
L. Haseman and P. H. Johnson (April 21): ^he peach borer 
is reported moderately abundant in Missouri, but not serious 
this year. 
R. 7. Harned and assistants (April): The peach borer is 
reported as very abundant in thehorthern third of the State 
and moderately abundant throughout the remainder of the State. 
LESSER PEACH BORER ( Sesia pictipes G. & R. ) 
J. J. Davis (March 31): The lesser peach tree borer was 
reported very abundant in young peach trees at Angola. 
