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EUROPEAN RED SPIDER ( Par atetranychus pilos us C* & P.) 
Massachusetts A« I, Bourne (April 2k): In regard to the European red 
mite, I can say fte have definite information as to its 
presence in Plymouth end Bristol Counties in considerable 
abundance, so that we no™ have definite information 
that the pest is distributed over practically the whole 
State, although thus far we have had no definite reports 
of its presence: on the- Cape. Although in orchards where 
it is proving y.ery abundant it is being found in considerable 
numbers even on Mclntoshes, which from our experience 
of the last year or so' have- not been particularly likely 
to be infested, the pest seems to center its attention 
on Baldwins, Here in the College orchard we are also 
noting it in considerable abundance on Mclntoshes and 
"ealthies. 
3RTJEM2REE 'LEAF- SIEEDA ( S yneta albida Lee. ) 
Oregon Don C„ Mote (April 9): Syneta is reported' as being on the 
increase, at Corvallis. On this date the beetles descended 
like- raindrops when a limb v/as jarred. The week before 
only an occasional one ~as found, 
. ■; PE&EL ' 
. PEAR THRIPS (Ta er.iQthrips inco nseouens ' Hzel ) 
New York C« jC. Wagoner (April- 12) : .'Adults were first found on 
April 10 in Ulster County. They have been increasing 
• slowly since. • (April 19):' Pear thrips damage does not appear 
to be so severe as last year. 
PEAR PSYLLA ( Psvlla oyricola Foerst. ) 
New York C» R» Crosby and assistants; • The pear psylla appears to 
be more numerous than it has been any season during the 
past four years in Onondaga County. Very few eggs 
. . had hatched in this county up to April 19. In Niagara 
■ County egg laying was well under way. 'on April l 1 -*-. In 
Albany and Orleans Counties egg laying was started about 
April 12 and in Ulster and Dutchess Counties the first 
egg laying was observed on April 6. The pest is reported 
as being moderately abundant throughout the fruit-growing 
sections of the State. 
PEACE 
PEACH BORER ( Aeger ia exitiosa Say) 
Georgia 0. I« Snapp (April 17): About 500,000 pounds of para- 
dichlorobensene were used in the Georgia Peach Belt last 
fall. The results have been uniformly good, and growers 
are greatly pleased with the control. It can not be used 
with safety on one, two, and three year old trees in this 
latitude. 
