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Show NEW ORCHARD PESTS DISCOVERED IN IDAHO BUHL. Ida.. Dee. 7. Dlscoverv of two new orchard pests has been n--, ported by K H. Smith. iti e iTtTOlo-glsl iTtTOlo-glsl The new pests are the Indian I peach aphis and the Imported orchard mite Both are serious pests. The first i was imported in some manner from j India while the second has been n-I n-I troduced here from a European coun-! coun-! try. Tho Indian peach aphis when first observed In Twin Kalis county v. -causing severe curling on prune I leaves. On some of th trees not a sound leaf was left by the f l:-t of July It also was found around the Boise and Payette sections la and has spread through all sections of southern Idaho to some extent. Besides causing serious curling of leaves, the aphis causes dwarfish and sickly peaches, which drop off early In the summer, long before maturity, The pest also has been found :n other northwestern stales and was probably Introduced from Asia through Imported Import-ed nursery stock. The mile Is scarlet Jnd abo'tt one-: one-: third the size of a plnhe d The ICaves on which it feeds turn a slekly I grayish green, the mltc feeling on I both upper and under surfaces, iater they fade to a yellow color in many I respects It does damage similar to (that of the red spider, but docs not , spin a web. Efforts will be made durin the next year to overcome these nest ! proper spraying and other treatment of orchards affected. |