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FRUIT INSECT Ee 
A. L. Quaintance, Senior Entomologist, in Charge 
Oliver I, Snapp, in charge of peach insect investigations at Fort 
Valley, Ga., states that a delegation of three representatives of the 
German Government, headed by Dr. Gustav Oldenburg, visited the peach insect 
laboratory on May 24 to observe the work under way, and to obtain information 
on peach culture, looking to. the establishment of this industry in the lower 
Rhine section of Germany. 
The second generation of the oriental peach moth is now appearing in 
the Georgia peach belt. In commercial orchards the insect has done prac¢tic=— 
ally no damage thus far this season. Infestations are confined mostly to 
home orchards and back-yard peach trees. 
Feach growers are watching with considerable interest the experiments 
being conducted with the use of the airplane for dusting peach trees. Over 
100,000 trees are being used in this work, and the results from cutting 
"drops," etc., are very encouraging. A quantity of fruit of several 
varieties will be cut at harvest to determine final results. 
B. A, McGregor, in charge of citrus thrips investigations at Lindsaas 
Calif,, writes that the entire enrollment in biological subjects of tle 
Lindsay High School visited the laboratory in order to acquaint themselves 
with the work of the project. Two short talks were made to the students 
by Messrs. McGregor and Mason on the life history of the citrus thrips, and 
on the organization of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, as well as the 
work of the Bureau of Entomology, special stress being laid on the methods 
employed in the conduct: of the local project. After the classes were shown 
the laboratory they were conducted to one of the experimental groves where 
the Bureau's 200-gallon spray rig was in operation. Eoth scales, thrips, 
and other pests, were pointed out to the students in the orange grove. 
Dr. Alvah Peterson, Assistant Entomologist of the New Jersey Agricultural 
College and Experiment Station, has joined the Division of Fruit Insects. 
Just now he is giving special attention to the oriental peach moth, with 
headquarters at Riverton, N. J., and will act as group leader in peach and 
nut insect projects. 
TRUCK-CROP INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
J. E. Graf, Entomologist, in Charge 
J. HE, Graf returned to Washington the first week of May from a trip 
during which he conferred with the following field men in charge of stations: 
N. F, Howard, Birmingham, Ala., B.-L. Boyden, Tampa, Fla., K. L. Cockerham, 
