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T. H. Parks (March 24): Orchird aphids Imve not liatched, and 
practically no dormant spraying lias heen done, as the v/eather 
has hovered around and "below freezing for . three v/eeks. 
W, A. Price (Marcli 24): Specimens of twigs of apple sent in 
from Beattyville, Berea, an.d Hayf ield on March' 3 and 4 v/ere 
badly infested with the rosy apple aphid and the apple grain 
aphid ( Rho pal o s i phom p runif oliae Fitch). 
R. H. Fettit ■ (March 23): Pr^ait aphid eggs are plentiful. 
K. C. Sullivan (March 22): Pruit aphids are moderately abund- 
ant in general. 
L. Haseman (March 22): Growers are worried about possible 
damage from, rosy apple aphids again this spring. Some apple 
grain aphids began hatching at Columbia before the recent 
cold spell. 
Mississippi C. Lyle and assistants (March 21); 
there are a f ew apple aphids. 
Fruit aphids are scarce; 
Oregon 
West Virginia 
Delaware 
Pennsylvania 
Illinois 
Kentucky 
D. C. Mote (March): Rosy aphids reported in Willamette Valley 
as hatching March 18. Buds just swelling on early varieties. 
.' TR3EH0PPSRS (Membracidae ) 
L. M. Peairs (March 29): _ Treehoppers . on apple at Martinsburg 
and vicinity. Extreme damage from egg- punctures in orchards 
kept in clover and alfalfa. 
S£R JO 32 SCALZI ( Aspidiotus pernio iosus Comst.) 
L. A. Stearns (March 24): The San Jose scale is somewhat 
more abundant than in years past, 
T. L. Guyton (March 23): The San Jose scale is very abundant 
in Harrisburg. This is also true for the Cumberland Valley area. 
W. P. Flint (March 22): During the first week in March we 
experienced the coldest weather of the winter, with temperatures 
running close to zero even in the southern part of the St«te. 
This liad the effect of killing some of the overwintering San 
Jose scale, reducing the percentage of live scale froni bctr?<pen 60 
and 70 per cent to between 35 and 50 per cent. 
W. A. Price (March 24): San Jose scales are reported very 
abundant. The very mild winter seems to have favored this 
pest, which h.as been on the increase in the State 'during the. 
past 3'ear. In many places the encrusted state lias been reached. 
Females "/ere actively reproducing at Peytonsburg on March 12, 
