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DECIDUOUS—FRUIT INSECTS 
A. L. Quaintance, in Charge 
In connection with his membership in the Department Pecan Com- 
mittee, Dr. B. A. Porter visited in the month of September the pecan-— 
insect field laboratories at Albany and Experiment, Ga., Shreveport, La., 
and Brownwood, Tex. On his return trip Dr. Porter stopped off for a short 
visit to the field laboratories at Wichita, Kans., Bentonville, Ark., and 
Vincennes, Ind. 
On September 3 Samuel A. Summerland was appointed Junior Entomol- 
ogist, and assigned to duty at Bentonville, Ark., where he will be as-— 
sociated with A. J. Ackerman in investigations of apple insects. 
Dr. E. C. Auchter and Dr. Chas. Brooks, of the Bureau of Plant 
Industry, visited the field laboratory at Yakima, Wash., September 16. 
Oliver I. Snapp was in Washington in the latter part of August 
for conferences relative to peach-insect work in the South. Before 
returning to his headquarters at Fort Valley, Ga., he visited the field 
laboratory at Moorestown, N. J., to observe the work being conducted 
there on the oriental fruit moth and the Japanese beetle. 
Visitors to the field laboratory at Fort Valley, Ga. , in Septen— 
ber included Dr. S. B. Fracker and G. W. Davidson, of the Plant Quar- 
antine and Control Administration, and W. C. Bewley, general manager of 
the Georgia Peach Growers' Exchange. 
At a meeting of peach growers in Macon, Ga., on September 24 to 
discuss control measures for peach pests and adopt a program of work, 
Oliver I. Snapp spoke on the curculio and other peach insects which had 
severely damaged the peach crop in the past year. Two hundred Georgia 
peach growers attended this meeting. 
Contributions from the Japanese-Beetle Laboratory 
Dr. Alvah Peterson spent several days at the Japanese-Beetle Labo- 
ratory, early in August, working over data on certain parasites of the 
Oriental peach moth. 
G. J. Haeussler, who recently sailed for Europe in search of par- 
asites of the oriental peach moth, is now located at Antibes, Alps Mar- 
itimes, France. He reports finding plenty of indications of infestation 
in peach, with the season too far advanced for much rearing of parasites 
this year. 
On September 12 C. H. Brannon, of the North Carolina State Col- 
lege of Agriculture, visited the Laboratory. 
