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x|  Holcomb finds an interval in the depredations of the Curculio: hence he inferred two broods. 

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Paul Wright found Curculio (?) larvae last September in Peaches

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o|  S. W. Beckwith (near Cobden) found 5 or 6 [[underline]] Coliodes curtus [[/underline]] (shown him) on his grapes in forepart of August. [[/strikethrough]]

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  Carpenter (of Cobden) finds wooly plant-lice 2 or 3 feet from ground on young apple trees in nursery, but only in damp weather. Afterwards brought me a shaving from bark, apparently of a tree several inches at least in diameter, which contained in a hemispherical knothole 3 or 4 Aphid. larvae, which I compared when at home at R. I. with Root Plantlice & could see no difference.

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  In many sections [of U.S.?] 9/10 of the pears are reported as mined by the Codling Moth in 1867. A large Indiana grower picks windfall apples every day & makes into vinegar, which pays well for the operation. (Parker Earle.)

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  I could find on close examination no Phyrita nebulo in Egypt. [ [[?]] [[?]] Riley; but common near Chicago.]

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[[Whyc. novebors.?]] (specm. shown) amputates rose twigs (Mrs. Holcomb.)

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 C. F. Farrell killed Phemph. pyri by boiling water. He found ashes no use. A strong wash of soap & water pretty effectual, but not always.

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  Col. H. C. Forbes finds Grape Curculio worse than the Rot. It attacked F. J. Prichett's grapes 3 years ago & since. Took 3/5 of Grapes on 1 Isabella & 1 Concord - utterly ruined them. Mr. Spaulding has known it for 4 years - the darker the grape, the darker the larva. One particular vine was nearly mined for 3 consecutive years.
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   Mr. Carpenter finds blight on the roots of seedling apples, in the fall following the springs when the seed was sown. Mr. ____ has seen the same blight on seedling apples, when no other apple trees were within 200 yard of the land lately reclaimed from forest, "Early Harvest" apples is peculiarly subject to "rotten roots."

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Chickens will eat Chinchbug, but not Ladybirds or their larvae (Holcomb)

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Selandria vitis feeds like [[underline]] Procris Americana [[/underline]] & is common in Egypt (Riley)

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  Grapes stung by Curculio mostly drop (H. C. Forbes)

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  Mr. Essen (late of R.I. now of Cobden) thinks he found the true Curculio in 3 or 4 ^ [[insertion]] wild [[/insertion]] plums, when ripe, in July.

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