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FRUIT I IT SECTS 
APPLE 
FLAT-HEADED APPLE TREE BORER ( Chrysobothris feir.org.ta Oliv.) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (July Jl): Prom Ciaase and Saline Co-unties, on 
July 20 and 26, respectively, came reports of the flat-headed apple 
tree "borer working in fru.it trees. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (August 22): The prolonged droughts of last season 
and the present one have weakened the vitality of nursery and shade 
trees and thus h.-ve favored the building up of an infestation of 
"borers. The flat-herded apple tree borer has "been reported killing 
apple trees at Herington, Willard, and Topeka. 
LEAFHOPPERS (Cicadellidae) 
Connecticut. P. German (August 22): The first generation of the white 
apple leafhopper ( Typhi ocyba pomaria McAtee) is from light to moderate 
in most orchards. The second generation is just beginning and control 
measures are necessary in some orchards. 
Virginia. W. J. Schoene (August 23): The eggs of the white apple leaf- 
hopper began hatching in considerable numbers about August 20. The 
various species of Erythroneura have been observed in the central part 
of the State, E. obliqua Say and E. laws oni ana Bak. being the most com- 
mon. 
Missouri and Kansas. II. Baker (August 22): Leaf hoppers have been un- 
usually abundant in many orchards in northeastern Kansas and north- 
western Missouri. The summer brood was present in greatest numbers dur- 
ing the latter half of July. 
SA1T JOSE SCALE ( Asuidiotus perniciosu s Corns t . ) 
Georgia. 0. I. Snapp (August 20): Many crawlers set up on peach trees 
during the month and the infestation is now considerably heavier than 
that reported on July 3« 
Wisconsin. E. L. Chambers (August 20): San Jose scale not widely dis- 
tributed, even in southern Wisconsin. It is being picked up in a num- 
ber of new villages and cities this summer. 
PEACH 
PLUM CURCULIO ( Conotrachelus nenuuhar Hbst.) 
Delaware. L. A. Stearns (August 21): Mature second-brood grubs began to 
issue from peaches on August 15 but a small second brood is anticipated. 
