October, ’24] 
SCIENTIFIC NOTES 
609 
Late in the afternoon the party assembled at the club house of the Westtown 
School, where a complimentary luncheon was provided by the Delaware-Chester 
Fruit Growers Association. Prior to the luncheon the entomologists had an oppor¬ 
tunity to swim in the river near the club house, and in the early evening the meeting 
was called to order by Chairman Hodgkiss, who introduced Mr. Wm. Vandergrift, 
who responded in behalf of the Fruit Growers Association. Dean Stanton of the 
Westtown School also extended a welcome to the visiting entomologists. A short 
business session was held and the report of the nominating committee consisting of 
A. F. Burgess, T. J. Headlee and C. H. Hadley, was received, and nominees for 
officers for the ensuing year were duly elected as follows: Chairman, E. N. Cory, 
College Paik, Maryland. Secretary, C. H. Hadley, Harrisburg, Pa. It was voted 
on recommendation of this Committee that the next meeting be held in Maryland. 
The following resolutions were unanimously adopted: Resolved , That the thanks of 
this meeting be extended to the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences and the American 
Entomological Society of Philadelphia, for the use of the Auditorium of the Academy 
and for many courtesies which materially contributed to the comfort and success of 
the meeting. Resolved that the thanks of the meeting be extended to the Delaware- 
Chester Fruit Growers Association for the generous entertainment provided, and to 
Dean Stanton of the Westtown School for the courtesies extended and to the local 
Entomologists and all others who assisted in arranging the program and making this 
meeting a decided success. Chairman Hodgkiss introduced a number of entomologists 
who briefly discussed the following topics: W. C. O’Kane, The Work of the Crop 
Protection Institute. A. F. Burgess, The Oriental Hag Moth. I. M. Hawley, En¬ 
tomological Problems in Utah, T. J. Headlee, The Oriental Peach Moth. Other 
speakers included E. M. Cory, W. A. Hooker and Philip Garman. The party ad¬ 
journed, most of the members spending the night at West Chester, Pa. 
On Friday morning August 1, a trip was made by automobile from West Chester 
through Wilmington, Delaware, crossing the ferry at that point to the New Jersey 
side. Delaware extended a cordial greeting by having the procession escorted through 
the city of Wilmington by two members of the State police mounted on motor cycles. 
At the Sea-Brook farms in New Jersey, experimental plots of the New Jersey Experi¬ 
ment Station were visited, where various sprays and dusts are now being tried in an 
attempt to control the Oriental Fruit Moth. The plots seem to be fairly free from 
the attack of the larvae of the moth but the season is hardly far enough advanced 
to make any definite statements. It was pointed out by Mr. L. A. Stearns in charge 
of these plots, that early soring cultivation has much to do with the number of 
emergences of the moths wintering over in the soil. In a cage in which no cultivation 
took place sixty moths emerged from under one tree, while in a cage in which plowing 
and harrowing was done no moths emerged. An estimate was made that 75% of the 
larvae found wintering on or in the ground were destroyed by thorough cultivation; 
the Oriental Moth is unable to emerge when buried in soil three inches deep. At 
Glassboro, orchards were visited in which coated arsenate of lead was used in the 
regular spray schedule and the use of this insecticide in general orchard practice 
seems promising. Through the courtesy of Dr. T. J. Headlee, a number of the ento¬ 
mologists had an opportunity of visiting the cranberry growing section of New Jersey 
after the orchards at Glassboro were examined. The other members of the party 
returned to Camden and Philadelphia. 
Nearly a hundred attended the meeting and all were well pleased. 
