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ORIENTAL FRUIT WORM 
In the Fort Valley district of Georgia the first twig injury by the 
oriental fruit worm ( Laspcyresia molest? busck) was observed on April 4, 
three weeks earlier than the first injury in 1928. In 1928 the first 
twig injury was observed on April 25, in 1927 on April 1, in 1926 on 
April 20, and in 1925 on April 10. Only once in the last five years 
has this insect emerged as early as in 1929. Adult moths were observed 
in southern Indiana on April 3 and in southern Illinois April 5. 3y 
the middle of June serious injury had been reported along the Atlantic 
seaboard from Connecticut to North Carolina and slight damage in 
Georgia. In the East Central States *Jihe infestation, although heavy, 
was not much above normal. By the middle of July damage was being ' 
reported from the New England, the Middle Atlantic, the northern South 
Atlantic, the East Central, and the Lover Mississippi Valley States. 
Late in the summer severe injury was observed in southeastern 
Connecticut, the lower Hudson River Valley, and the extreme western part 
of He™ York State. The insect vas doing very unusual damage throughout 
the Middle Atlantic States and southward to South Carolina, especially 
in the upper Piedmont district, as well as. in northern Georgia, In Hew/ 
Jersey and Pennsylvania fruit counts indicated that the infestation ran 
about 50 per cent while in southern Illinois it was from 20 to 25 per 
cent. This insect was recorded for the first time in Massachusetts at 
Amherst and other points in Hampden County. 
SAN JOSE SCALE . 
The San Jose scale ( Aspidi'otus perniciosus Comst.) is apparently on 
one of its upward trends in the East Central States. Over the New 
England and Middle Atlantic States it is still comparatively scarce, 
whereas in the South Atlantic States it seems to be increasing. In the 
lower Mississippi Valley it was reported as very abundant as was also the 
case in the upper Great Basin. The severe winter of 1928-29 in Wisconsin 
appears to have checked this insect, as it was found in only sev^n of the 
southern counties this year. In the Arkansas-Plans as fruit district the 
insect appears to be but moderately abundant. 
EASTERN TENT CATERPILLAR 
The eastern tent caterpillar ( Malacosoma ai^ericana Fab.) was de- 
cidedly below normal in numbers in the New England and Middle Atlantic 
States whereas from Virginia southward it was more abundant than in the 
past five or six years. In parts of this region practically every 'wild 
cherry, crab, and neglected apple tree was defoliated by the end of May. 
West of this region this insect attracted but little attention this year. 
