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straight across the State so that we now find it pretty generally 
over Worcester, Middlesex, and Essex Counties. Few, if any, 
reports have been made of finding it in the southeastern area of 
the State. This advance has been widespread so that the infesta- 
tion is very generally distributed throughout orchards, out in 
northern and northeastern Worcester County, as a general thing, 
the infestation is not particularly heavy as yet, except in Sore 
isolated cases, and of course it is confined chiefly to its princi- 
pal host, the Baldwins. One grower who has pruned his orchard 
cf 1,000 Macintosh trees failed to notice any evidence of its 
presence, while Baldwins in clocks alongside showed quite heavy 
infestation. Here at the College, for two or three years in 
practically all of the clocks of apples, we have had the pest in 
considerable abundance, particularly on Baldwins. Last year, as 
I mentioned, the foliage oy the riddle of August was bronzed so 
that it Dec are very conspicuous. However, examination during 
tne winter season failed to disclose any amount cf overwintering 
eggs. The same was true of practically our whole planting of 
apples. Our sole infestation of any consequence is apparently 
limited to our rrain clock of plums which is a variety block con- 
taining a considerable number of trees. Here the infestation is 
light to fairly heavy, showing an apparent preference of the mites 
for certain varieties. According to reports from Connecticut, 
this should largely oe attributed to predacious forms as the last 
year, here in Arherst at least, was particularly favorable to the 
development and multiplication of the mites. I ray say that we 
were somewhat surprised to i.ote this condition of things here at 
the College following such a marked infestation last year, although 
our observations throughout tr.e State in the last few years have 
called ,our attention to somewhat similar, although less marked 
cases. That this is a purely local matter, confined principally 
to our own orchards, is borne out by the fact that seme of the 
large growers to the south of us, just north of the Holyoke range, 
are finding the pest so abundant that they are contemplating; spec- 
ial oil sprays for '.its; control. It would appear, from our 
experience here, that it is very difficult to make any general 
statement regarding infestation by this species, it being ap- 
parently a matter of individual orchards, to a very large extent. 
Connecticut Philip Garman (March 24): The European red mite is quite abund- 
ant in the northern part of the State. Eggs are more abundant 
than last year. 
Virginia \7. J. Schoene (March 25): Eggs are very abundant on dormant 
apple twigs at Winchester. 
OR/PE 
SNOWY TREE- CRICKET ( Oecanthus niveus DeG.) 
Missouri L. Kaseman (March lb): Grape men at Bocnville and Neosho are 
complaining of an unusual crop of esgs of this pest in their 
young grape canes used for cutting. 
