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TRUCK CROP INSECTS 
POTATO AND TOMATO 
COLORADO POTATO BEETLE (Tep tino t arsa decemlineata Say) 
New York F. Z. Hartzell (August 13). "Present in about normal numbers in Chau- 
tauqua County ." 
C. R. Crosby and assistaxits report this insect as the worst insect pest 
in Clinton County during the latter part of July. Growers were spraying 
as often as twice a week in attempts to control this pest. This insect 
was also serious in Washington County. In Wayne County it was more nu- 
merous than last year but not seriously abundant; also present insmall 
numbers in Erie, Onondaga, Steuben, Ulster, and Albany Counties. Very- 
scarce in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. 
Maryland J. A. Hyslop (August 30). "Very scarce in the eastern part of Montgom- 
ery County this year," 
Wisconsin S. B. Fracker (July 20). "Morsthan usually abundant throughout the 
State." (Aug. 25) "Still doing much damage." 
POTATO FLEA -BEETLE ( Epitrix cucumeri s Harr.) 
Maine E. M. Patch (August 19). "Excessively numerous in many Aroostook lo- 
calities, the fall brood being in evidence the first two weeks in 
August." 
New York F. Z. Hartzell (August 13) . "Net as common aslast season. Present in 
practically ail fields, however." 
C. R. Crosby and assistants. "Late in July unsprayed fields throughout 
the southern part of Erie County were seriously infested, about 15 per 
cent of the foliage being destroyed. Very few were present by the mid- 
dle of August. During the middle of July this insect was very abundant 
and doing considerable damage in Wayne County. In Orleans County flea- 
beetles had apparently finished their work by the middle of July; very 
few were present in the fields by August 5. In Genesee County this insec 
was very numerous the latter half of July, doing much damage during the 
dry weather; by July 22 a noticeable reduction in the damage of this 
pest was observed, probably due to rains. On July 30 the worst outbreak 
of the year was observed at Eergen in this county and the pest was still 
active and destructive on August 15. Quite numerous and injurious ir. 
Steuben County. Numerous in some sections of Onondaga County. Abund 
and injurious in Cayuga County. The new brood of beetles were just be- 
ginning to appear by August 1 in Washington County. Injurious to some 
extent in several small fields in Ulster County during the middle of 
July. Exceptionally destructive in Albany County. Adults present in 
large numbers and doing serious d image to potato and cucumbers in Nassau 
County on August 15. Quite scarce in Suffolk County during late July." 
