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reported that half of his crop of plums had, "been destroyed 
during the summer by the plum gouger. 
Minnesota 
RASPBERRY 
SNOWY TEES CRICKET ( Oecanthus niveus DeG.) 
A. G. Ruggles (September 26): Snowy tree crickets are very 
abundant wherever raspberries are grown. Damage is severe in 
some places. 
Oregon 
BLACKBERRY 
A MITE ( Eriophyes essigi Hassan) 
D. C. Mote ( September) : W. D. Edwards reports the mites 
apparently still increasing in the "berries. . This condition 
will probably continue as long as the weather remains fairly 
warm. 
Maryland 
West Virginia 
Minnesota 
California 
GRAPE 
GRAPE LSAEHOPPERS ( Erythroneura comes Say) 
E. N. Cory (October 22): Apple leafhoppers. ( Erythroneura sp.) 
are very abundant. 
L. M. Peairs (October 24): Grape leafhoppers are unusually 
numerous. 
A. G. Ruggles (September 26): Leafhoppers (.species not 
determined) are extremely abundant over the southern half of 
the State, particularly on grapes. 
J. D. Winters (September 28): The grape leaf hopper is 
occurring in unusually heavy abundance in Hennepin County and 
vicinity. 
PACIFIC RED SPIDER ( Tetranychus pacificus McG.) 
E. 0. Essig (October 20): Tetranychus pacificus is'-.going 
into hibernation in grape vineyards in October. 
Alabama 
PERSIMMON 
A SCALE ( Chionaspis longiloba Cooley) 
• J. M. Robinson (October 2l) : The long-lobe d Chionaspis 
is abundant on Japanese persimmon at Eoley. 
