PLUM AND CHERRY TREES ATTACKED. 
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Hoy (1852) notes that sapsuckers visit "the orchards during 
September and October to feed upon the inner bark of the peach 
. . . , girdling the stems so effectually as not infrequently to kill the 
trees." 
Hog plum (Prunus injucunda). — Stone Mountain, Ga. (A. A. and 
A. M. 194). 
Wild red plum (Prunus americana). — Florida (A. M. 199); Illi- 
nois (F. 26424). 
Chickasaw plum (Prunus angustifolia) . — Missouri (A. M. 197). 
Wild goose plum 
(Prunus hortulana). — 
Courtney, Mo. (A. M. 198) . 
Garden plum (Prunus 
domestica) . — Illinois (F . 
26423); Wisconsin, (Hoy, 
1865). 
Cultivated cherry 
(probably Prunus 
avium). — The sapsucker 
is "very fond of cherry 
sap " (J. P. Moore, Easton, 
Pa., Oct. 9, 1887). It 
"visits the orchards dur- 
ing September and Oc- 
tober to feed upon the 
inner bark of the . . . 
cherry, girdling the stems 
so effectually as not infre- 
quently to kill the trees" 
(TTn v 1 R ^9^ FlG " 8-— Sa P sucker work on fitter cherry (Prunus emarginata). 
Bitter cherry (Prunus emarginata). — Oregon (A. A. 191). 
(Fig. 8.) 
Western choke cherry (Padus demissa). — California (A. M. 190). 
Wild black cherry (Padus serotina). — Erie, Pa., Todd; Washing- 
ton, D. C; Randolph County, W. Va., (H. 6801a); Wisconsin, Hoy 
(1865); southern Arizona (A. A. and A. M. 188). 
Islay (Laurocerasus ilicif cilia). — California (A. A. and A. M. 185). 
THE MIMOSA FAMILY (mIMOSACE^E). 
Fifteen species of this family become arborescent in the United 
States, only one of which, so far as known, is attacked by sapsuckers. 
Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa). — Arizona (A. M. 174). 
