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. . ' GIA2JT HORNET ( Vespa crabro L.) 
P. M. Eastman (October 22): A resident of New Paltz writes 
as follows, "Enclosed find letter from assistant county 
agent in regard to a new hornet that ate lota of my apples on 
the tree this season and may ruin my whole crop next year. 
There^ are other lots in the neighborhood." 
PEACH 
Pennsylvania 
Delaware 
West Virginia 
Georgia 
Ohio 
Kentucky 
Mississippi 
California 
ORIENTAL ERUIT MOTH ( Laspeyresia molesta Busck,.) 
T. L. Guy ton (October 22): The oriental fruit moth is 
moderately abundant on late peaches. 
L. A. Stearns (October 23): Considerable late-season injury 
by oriental fruit moth is reported on apples. 
L. M. Peairs (October 24): The oriental fruit moth is 
moderately abundant at Morgantown. It increased notably in 
the late summer. 
0. I. Snapp (October l): There was no new injury to peach 
twigs at Port Valley during September on account of their 
hardened condition. Broods were overlapping. 
T. H. Parks (October 24): The oriental fruit moths are bad 
in quinces. 
J. S. Houser (October 5): The oriental 'fruit moth is very 
abundant. There were heavy losses in northern Ohio. 
W. A. Price (October 24): The oriental fruit worm was quite 
active on the twigs during October, At Lexington and Bandana 
and in some orchards about Henderson and Paducah the twig 
injury was severe. At Lexington the wilted twig stage was 
present as late as October 17. 
C. Lyle and assistants (October): The oriental fruit moth 
was reported by Mr. E. A. Smith as very abundant in the six 
northwest ernmost counties in the State. (Abstract, J.A.K.). 
PEACH TTttG BORER ( Anarsi a lineatella Zoll.) 
E. 0. Essig (September 28): The peach twig borer was un- 
usually abundant on late peaches in Yuba and Sutter Counties 
in August and September. 
