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PEPP5R 
PEPPER WEEVIL ( Anthononus eu -genii Cano) 
California J. C, Elmore (February 28): The pepper weevil (adult stage) 
was found in large numbers on the common nightshade (probably 
Sola nu n iualas^ e) at Norwalk, Los Angeles County, Where 
pepper foliage is present in quantity the weevils have re- 
mained on the peppers but where the pepper fields have been 
recently plowed or where the peppers have been completely 
destroyed by frost the weevils have concentrated on the night- 
shade at the rate of 30 weevils per plant in the most out- 
standing instance. The weevils will not breed on nightshade 
but will live for some time on it. (March 13): The pepoer 
weevil was found in all stages, eggs, larvae, pupae, and 
adults on bell peppers at Vista. Larvae and puoae were found 
also at Hillsdale 20 miles east of San Die'go. These bell 
peppers are known as "inter peppers and are plants that have 
survived the winter. They are cut back and the new growth 
produces a new or second crop. The pepper weevil may over- 
winter in large numbers on these plants. 
Monthly News Letter Los Angeles County Horticultural Commission, 
Vol. 10, No, 3 (March 15): A cultural campaign for the control 
of the pepper weevil, a serious pest of that crop, present 
throughout Los Angeles County, and one ^hich exacts a toll of 
25 per cent of a crop valued at several thousand dollars in 
Southern California, requiring the immediate plowing and 
disking of all old pepper fields, has heen complicated by the 
recent finding by Roy E, Campbell, in charge of Pepper Weevil 
Control Investigation, U t S, D t A, , located at Alhambra, that 
this insect can be carried over on the common nightshade, 
ONIONS 
ONION THRIPS (Thrips tabaci L. ) 
Mississippi K. L* Cockerham (March 29): This is one of the most severe 
cases of damage that I have ever noted on onions at Biloxi, 
The tops were quite yellow and dying down, 
ARTICHOKES 
ARTICHOKE PLUME MOTH ( Platyptilia carduidactyla Riley) 
California Monthly News Letter Los Angeles County Horticultural Commission 
Vol. 10, No, 3 (March 15): Approximately twenty- five lots of 
artichokes have been rejected and reconditioning required 
during one week on the Los Angeles market according to the 
report of Deputy Horticultural Commissioner Paul K, Wilson, 
in charge of Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Standardization law 
