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SUGARCANE SCALE (Targionia sacchari Ckll.) 
M« D„ Leonard (March 23): In making (the determination of this 
scale for me Mr. Merrill writes: "This is the first time 
"we have received this scale on a grass. However, Mr.'Sasscer 
has written that this scale was found on centipede grass at 
Coconut Grove, as well as at the Plant Introduction garden 
at Savannah, Ga." This scale was doing considerable damage 
to the lawn, on a large estate, big patches of grass having 
been killed out at Palm Beach. 
PR UIT II SECTS 
APPLE 
Massachusetts 
Conn a^ti cut 
Ohio 
Missouri 
Massachusetts 
APHIIDAE .'..■ 
A* I ■ Bourne (April 23): Because of the warm weather which 
^e had about the middle of March, apple plant lice were 
observed by the 10th or 12th of April; By the 15th of the 
month the apple buds ^ere opening into the delayed dormant 
condition, and the sudden appearance of warm weather 'on the 
15th brought plant lice out in large numbers. Reports indicate 
the apple plant lice are much more abundant this year than 
last year and are about ^hat ^e experience in a normal 
season. 
Philip Sarman (April 23): Not abundant, but relatively scarce 
according to the observations of E, M» Stoddard of this 
station. Attacking apple. Apparently not so numerous as last 
year. 
APPLE GRAIN APHID ( Rhopalosiphum prunif oliae Fitch) 
E. % Mendenhall (April 20): 0<tt. aphids-'are making their 
appearance this spring in usual amount throughout the State. 
Rather hard to control, 
A, C, Burrill (April 4): Smarming in buds of neglected 
orchard. Have not yet proved them general and do not know 
at this time if they will reach epidemic proportions, 
APPLE APHID (Aphis pomi D e G. ) 
A. I. Bourne (April 23): Mr, .TThitcomb reports in Middlesex 
County that Aph 1 - pomi DeG. w as found in moderate numbers 
on the 6th of April. A still earlier report from Middlesex 
County records the finding of one or two specimens of this 
species as early as April 1. 
