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FLAT HEADED APPLE-TREE BORER (Chrvsofcothris femorata Oliv.) 
Wisconsin S. B. Fracker (May 19). "Ten per cent of the trees in a new 
orchard at Marinette are girdled, while from 10 to 20 per cent 
additional trees are infested." 
PEAR 
PEAR PSYLLA (Psvlla pvricola Foerst.) 
lassachusetts H. T. Fernald (June 22). "Adults of the pear psylla were 
very abundant at Amherst on May 29 •" 
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C. R. Crosby and assistants. "Psylla eggs had practically 
all hatched in the lake a\..ple-growing region by May 20, and 
from the 25th to 27th adults of the first brood were appear- 
ing in Monroe, Columbia, and Wayne Counties." 
PEAR- LEAF BLISTER MITE ( Friophyes pvri Pgst.) 
C. R. Crosby and assistants. "The pear-leaf blister mite was 
observed late in May and early in June in Monroe and Chautauqua 
Counties." 
A. C. Burrill (May 23). "This insect is appearing quite 
seriously in parts of Cass County. There may be a small 
epidemic starting in western Missouri." 
E. J. Newcomer (June 14). "This pest was first discovered in 
the Yakima Valley last year as a pest of apple and has 
recently been found in several localities in the Valley." 
Leroy Childs (June 9) . "A noticeable increase in abundance 
and spread of the blister mite on apples. No noticeable 
increase on pears j in fact, in all orchards, even on unsprayed 
trees, they are less abundant than last year. Reports from 
the White Salmon fruit district of Washington indicate that 
the blister mite on apple is widespread and causing serious 
damage to foliage and fruit." 
CALIFORNIA PEAR SAWFLY ( Gvmnonvchus californicus Marlatt) 
A. L. Lovett (May 24). "This insect is decidedly more numerous 
than usual at Medford, Grants Pass, Corvallis, and Hood River. 
The larvae were nearly mature at Medford on May 24, while on 
this date they were but about one-fifth grown at Corvallis. 
In orchards where the arsenate sprays were applied the larvae 
were scarce and the injury negligible." 
PEAR SLUG (Caliroa cerasi L.) 
F. D. Butcher (June 15). "The pear slug is present in a few 
places near Ottumwa. In Wapello County it is doing a good 
deal of damage." 
