. Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1902 . e middle of May a large number of Pin cherry trees (Prunus Peimsylvanica) in High Park were found to be badly attacked by the Cherry Aphis {Myz\(,s cerasi) the leaves at the ends of the branches being very much crumpledand disfigured. Subsequently they were found plen-tifully on the wild black cherry and also on thecultivated cherry. The Cabbage Butterfly {Fieris rapae) has beenexceedingly abundant this summer and has caused agreat deal of damage to cabbages and allied vegetablesin this locality. On August 15, while inspectin
. Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1902 . e middle of May a large number of Pin cherry trees (Prunus Peimsylvanica) in High Park were found to be badly attacked by the Cherry Aphis {Myz\(,s cerasi) the leaves at the ends of the branches being very much crumpledand disfigured. Subsequently they were found plen-tifully on the wild black cherry and also on thecultivated cherry. The Cabbage Butterfly {Fieris rapae) has beenexceedingly abundant this summer and has caused agreat deal of damage to cabbages and allied vegetablesin this locality. On August 15, while inspecting alarge market garden north of the city, the writerobserved great numbers of the larvae in all stages on alarge bed of cabbages. They were to be found prac-tically on every head, and many plants were quiteunmarketable. An adjacent bed of cauliflowers wasbut little affected, though a few caterpillars were In another bed of •abbages only a few hundred yards distant from the one just referred to, the caterpillars were much fewer in numbers though plentiful Fig. 28. Currant Saw-fly : leaf showing eggs and ^ , r xu i. j holes eaten by the young larva?. tound on SOme ot the heads loo:^ ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 41 The only other serious pest noticed attacking garden vegetables was the Potato Beetle (Dory-phora 10-lineata, Say), which occurred in distressingly large numbers on potatoes, thoughtomatoes as far as the writer observed were pretty free from them. An insect injurious to shrubs and shade-trees which seems to be on the increase lately isOrmenls pruinosa, a large stoutly-built leaf hopper resembling a small bluish grey moth. Ifirst noticed them in large numbers in 1901 on some shrubs which were planted in the springof the same year. This year they were everywhere and showed themselves to be possessed ofby no means a restricted appetite. While most abundant on the Virginia creeper and grape-vine they were common on many other shrubs and trees, etc., such as the elm, ma
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