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until the week "beginning April 13 • Rain was recorded on S of the 
first 10 days of April for a total of 7.93 inches for that period. 
These rains with high winds and cool weather prevented oviposit ion 
of most of the adiilts until the time indicated above. (April 27) : 
Larvae "began leaving peach drops today, which is 13 days later 
than the first emergence last year. 
T. L. Bissell (April IS) J The curculio continues to "be scarce 
on peach trees at Experiment. On April l6, lh weevils were jarred 
from a small clump of wild plum and only k weevils from 21 peach 
trees. (April 23): Curculios continue to "be found in small numbers 
on peach trees "but on April l6 and 22 they were numerous on wild plum. 
C. H. Alden (April 21): Curculios commenced emerging on March 23 
in the Cornelia section and have "been emerging in moderate numbers 
since that time. The highest catch in any one morning has been 25 
curculios jarred from 10 trees. Commercial growers in the middle 
Georgia sections . (Thomaston and Monticello) have reported catching over 
2,000. in one morning's jarring operations. 
G. F. Moznette and S. 0, Hill (April 22); Half -grown larvae of 
the plum curculio at Albany were found in green peaches from a half 
inch to an inch in size. 
ORIENTAL FRUIT MOTH ( Grapholitha molesta Busck) 
Delaware. L. A. Stearns (April 20): Seventy-eight percent of overwintered 
larvae pupated on April 20 and the first spring-brood moth emerged on 
the 15th. 
Virginia. W. J, Schoene (April 20): Adult peach moths were taken at Crozet 
on April l6, and : at Hollins and Blacksburg on April 20. , 
Georgia and Alabama. 0. I. Snapp (April l6) : The first twig injury of the 
season was observed at Fort Valley today. The oldest larvae in these 
twigs were about 3 days old. Eggs began to hatch April 13, which is 
about the usual time. Larvae at least one-half grown were reported on 
April 12 at Prattville, Ala., which is in about the same Latitude as 
Fort Valley. The dates of first twig injury at Port Valley other years 
are as follows; April 10, 1925; April 20, 1926; April 1, 1927; April 
25, 192S; April k, 1929; April 29, 1930; April 22, 1931; May 17, 1932; 
April 20, 1933; April 2k, l^k; April 3, 1935. 
C. H. Alden (April 21): First moth caught in bait 
pots at Cornelia, Ga., on April 15« Very few have emerged so far. No 
egg deposition. 
PEACH TWIG BORER (Anarsia lineatella Zell.) 
Utah. C. J. Sorenson (April 2^) : Peach twig borers are feeding in blossoms 
and leaf buds of peaches in Davis County. 
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