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PLUIvi CURCULIO 
In the South Atlantic States the season v/as rather early and the 
"inter had been unusually, mild. The first adults of the plum curculio 
( Conotrachclus nenueh^r Host.) were observed on trees in Georgia during ' 
t 3 last week in March and .in southern Illinois during the first '"eek 
in April. It will be recalled that a very large number of weevils entered 
hibernation last fall in this section, as the season advanced reports 
of unusual abundance camo from the Atlantic seaboard as far up as H 
England; and. from westward: well into the East Central States. 3y the 
middle of April it ras estimated that the infestation in Georgia ^as the 
heaviest since 1921« By that time peach drops were shoeing a 50 per cent 
infestation. In the ."est Central States the insect was reported as but 
moderately abundant, but in the lo^er Mississippi' Valley the serious 
conditions of the South Atlantic States '"ere duplicated. 3y the end of 
June an unprecedented outbreak, had developed" in the lower Hudson River 
Valley in New York State, and the heaviest infestation since 1921 was 
occurring in Delaware and North Carolina. ' Throughout June reports of 
unprecedented numbers wore received from practically the entire Atlantic 
seaboard from Maine to Georgia. ".Vest of the Allegheny's in the East Central 
States infestations were normal or below. 
PEACH BORER 
Jith the exception of scattered localities in Mississippi, Georgia, 
and North Carolina, wherever the paradichlorooonzine method -as either not 
adopted or incorrectly carried out, the peach borer (Aegeria exitiosa 
Say) occasioned unusual, damage-. Late in the season, particularly in the 
Georgia peach belt, infestations ";r. much heavier than usual. 
EUROPEAN RED MITE 
Early observation? of eggs throughout the Middle Atlantic States 
indicated that *the European r^d mite ( Paratetran'^chus -oilosus Can. & 
Fanz.) would be at least normally abundant. Although first discovered 
in Maine in 1927, „gTS -ere extremely abundant in that State this spring. 
As the season advanced, however , no unusually heavy infestations were 
reported, and as a whole the year may bo said to have been one of 
subno rmal abundanc e . 
MEXICAN FRUIT ,'CRM 
That the Mexican fruit worm ( ^nastr^ha lud-ns Loew) had regained 
foothold in the lo^er Rio Grande Valley of Texas vas determined in 
April by the finding of infestations in t'-o local racking houses in 
which a small quantity of fruit had been stored at the close of the 
period permitted for the harvesting of the citrus crop. Previous to 
such reappearance almost two years had elapsed (from June, 1927, to 
April, 1929) during which no specimens of the pest had be..n found in the 
