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CELERY 
Flo ri da 
CZLNRY LEAF TIER ( Fhlyc taenia rub i gal is Goien. ) 
J. R. 'Vat son (February 23): The celery leaf tier has been 
giving much trouble in the Sanford area. 
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Mississippi 
ONION THRIFS (Thrros t abaci Lind. ) 
C. Lyle and assistants (February): The onion thrips was 
found extremely abundant on field onions at Lucedale on Feb- 
ruary 18; a moderately abundant infestation has been reported 
from the southern part of Jackson County. (Abstract, G. M. ) 
TURNIP 
South Carolina 
J'ississi-om 
TURNIP APHID ( Rhp-palo siphum pseudobrassicae Davis) 
W. J. Reid, jr. (December 18): Young cabbage plants growing 
in beds for transplanting the spring crop are being seriously 
injured. The infestation is quite general in the Charleston 
area. One plant bed showed an infestation of 100 per cent of 
the plants. The growers fear that the infestation will reduce 
the plants to the extent that they will not have sufficient 
plants to set the spring crop. 
C. Lyle and assistants (February): During December, 1931, 
turnip aphid s were noted in moderate abundance on turnip in 
Lincoln, Copiah, and Jeff Davis Counties, and so abundant in 
Green, George, and Perry Counties as to destroy many crops. 
(Abstract, G. M. ) 
CARROTS 
CARROT RUST FLY ( Psila rp sae Fab.) 
Washington ',7. 77. Taker (February): Growers arc beginning to worry some 
about this nest on carrots and parsnips in Puyallup Valley, 
Although only a few reports have been received of damage on the 
latter crop, perhaos because of the smaller acreage. So far no 
reports have been received of damage to celery in this section. 
