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in Dutchess County, but thepe are few in commercial orchards, 
A few flies still are seen on a-ple trees in Orange County. 
Maggots have d.or.e some damave to early varieties in at least 
one orchard in Ontario Cour.ty. 
o-eorgia g. 7. Yeomans (August 27): The apple maggot was found for 
the first time in the State at Blue Ridge this month. 
SAN JOSE SCALE' ( As^idiotus nerniciosus Comst.) 
Georgia 0. I. Snapp (August IS): Infestation in the G-eorgia peach 
belt is lighter then usual at this season of the ye:r. 
Indiana J. J. Davis (August l): Reported killing peach trees at 
1 -ill town. 
Nevada G. G. Schweis (August 20): Moderately abundant at Reno, 
but no serious damage has been observed. 
Kansas J. ". McColloch (August 25): Moderately abundant to very 
abundant in districts where it occurs. 
Arkansas D. Isely (August 22): Moderately abundant in northwestern 
Arkansas. ' 
Idaho C. lakeland (August 20): Much scale in commercial orchards 
this summer owing to excessively wind£ weather delaying dor- 
ant spraying so much that some of the growers had to stop 
spraying because foliage was too far advanced. 
FEAR 
PEAR PSYLLA ( Psyllia pyricola Eoerst.) 
" York weekly Hews Letter, N.Y. State College of Agr., . : 5 and 
1 : This insect is reported in sufficient numbers to cause 
trouble if the proper conditions exist in Niagara, .r, end 
Ontario Counties. 
RUSTY LEAF MITE ( Phyllocoptes schlechtendali Hal.) 
Washington E. J. Newcomer (August 21): This mite is very numerous on 
pear and prune in the Yakima Valley and is doing considerable 
damage. The leaves of pear trees are cxirled and brown 
while the leaves of prunes curl upward and so ^e of the fruit 
drop s . 
KATYDIDS (Locustidae) 
Maryland P. D. S a nders (August 23): Katydids have done about 12 per 
cent damage to ripening Bartlett pears in a commercial orchard. 
