1908.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT No. 73. 107 



About Y,000 trees were burlapped last summer, and 4,559 larvse 

 and pupse were killed. Prior -to June 1, 1907, the known in- 

 fested estates in Plymouth numbered 122, and on these 903 egg 

 clusters had been found. During the fall scouting of the town 

 only 36 of these estates were found to be still infested, and on 

 them but 87 egg clusters were discovered. The fall scouting 

 also revealed 77 additional places, infested with 249 egg clus- 

 ters. The total result of the scouting was therefore but 336 

 egg clusters destroyed on 113 estates. The largest number of 

 egg clusters found on a single estate was 15, while on each of 61 

 estates only a single one was found. These figures sufficiently 

 testify to the present good condition of the orchards of Plymouth. 

 There were 4 infested estates last fall in the vicinity of Long 

 Pond, but the total number of egg clusters found was small. 

 At certain other points in the pond district where formerly there 

 were slight infestations no egg clusters were found during the 

 fall scouting. On November 30, at White Island Pond, on the 

 Wareham line, a small gypsy moth infestation was located and 

 2 egg clusters were destroyed. The slight but scattering in- 

 festation which has been noted in the extensive pond district 

 of the town has emphasized the need of a thorough inspection 

 along the borders of all the roads in this area, and the prob- 

 ability of the discovery of additional small colonies of the 

 moths. Such an inspection it is planned to make, weather per- 

 mitting, during the present winter. The brown-tail moths in 

 Plymouth are few and scattering, and will be cared for before 

 spring. 



PLYMPTON". 

 ZINA E. SHERMAN, Local Superintendent. 



Plympton is very seriously infested with the gypsy moth over 

 its entire area. Prior to May 1 of last year there were 38 

 known infestations in the town. Eighteen additional colonies 

 were located during the summer by Inspector Souther, while 

 the fall scouting developed later 45 more infestations. There 

 were 1,537 trees burlapped here last summer, and about 50,000 

 caterpillars were killed. In round numbers there have been 

 destroyed since the larval season about 950 egg clusters. There 

 are nearly 30 known woods colonies in Plympton, and during 



