Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 110, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1920 — EXCEPTIONAL APPLE CROP IS FORECAST [ARTICLE]

EXCEPTIONAL APPLE CROP IS FORECAST

Apple trees in Indiana will not be molested by green plant lice this year, according to Frank N. Wallace, state entomologist. Mr. Wallace has just completed an investigation for the department of conservation. Billions of lice swarmed over apple buds last year. Aphids retard crop maturity by first sucking the sap from the tender buds and later attacking and devouring the leaves and fruit. Condition§ point to an exceptional fruit yield this year, it was said.