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■ i^PLa^ LEiirliOPFi;?. ( Smpoasca mali LgB. ) 
Connecticut Hiilip Garma.n (Septoraber This insect is causing consider -- 
able mottling of the Icr.ves of apple trees in i\Tfr Eavcn and Hart- 
ford Counties; damare Is hcird to cstiniat'". is appcjrently more 
abundant 'chan u sual . 
'^J"^^ _ F. Ifetcalf (Septemher 3): This pest has done a high percent- 
Carolina o.go of injury thro-'oghout the apple-gro7;ing region of the mountains 
and is much inorc aljundajit than at any time during the past 20 
yeaxs. 
APPLE CUiia'LIC ( Tachr/T^torcllus ^luadri^ib'bus Say) 
^-^^0 I. ;:c-adcn:iall (Scptomhcr 3) ' The apple cu.rculio has done a 
great deal of damage to the apple crop this year. 
tsr::ites 
Kansas J. '.7. IbGolloch (Sf^pteaher 19) i Termites are reported injuring 
apple trees and asters at Concordia. 
PZACE 
CHISITTaL P5,UIT mote ( Laspe:T?sia molesta 3usck) 
'nnnecticut Thilip G-arrcan (September 2^) : This pest has no- "been present for 
three consecutive years in some orchards, doing great damage each- 
year. It has decreased in some sections and increased in others. 
It is estimated that 50 per cent of the second- "brood Lnrvae r-ere 
parasitised in the orchard -.here the parasite -'"acrocentrus 
aus.ylivora P.oh. ■'-ras most ah-andant. 
C-eorgia C. I. Snapp (September 20): The oriental peach moth continues to 
spread in Ceorgia, and has caused damge in som.e orchards, espec- 
ially adjoining or nerr apple .orchards -Thich furnish a host for 
the late generations. I>aring rec-nt -reeks it has been found near 
Ka'.vlvinsville , at "Tcodland, Barnesville, '"oodh-ary, and ICnojcville. 
-■it S.ioxviile, it -/as found to oe much -.-orse than the curculio. 
It had destroyed around SO "cushels of late peaches. 
Ohio . 2. "7. L'endeiihall (September 13) • The oriental peach moth is 
found in Dela'.-^re County this year and reported luite had on 
peach throughout southern Oliio. 
PEA.GH 30IGH ( Ae,?eria exitiosa Say) 
Georgia 0. I. Snapp (September 20): The peach-borer Infestation is 
heavier than normally in Port Valley. Dealers report heavy buy- 
ing of paradichlorobenzenc , and indications ai^e that more of it 
mil be used this fall thcji for several years. 
