THE SAN JOSE SCALE. 



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noticed, if its possibility for evil was not so well established. The 



presence of the San -lose scale in this region did not, however, have 

 any special significance, since much of the original stock was obtained 



front California, and doubtless from nurseries which were infested with 



the scale. 



The journev of exploration was continued northward to Tiensin 

 and lVkin. In this region the San Jose scale was also found on native 

 plants, including the flowering peach, a tree grown for ornament solely, 

 and not for fruit, and notably on the native fruits in the markets in 

 these cities. 



Pony Fruit Cart in which Products of the Hill Country are brought into 



Pekin, China. 



The markets of Pekin were of especial interest in this connection. 

 Pekin is the center and market for all the region lying to the north 

 and west, and the streets devoted to the sale of fruits and other prod- 

 ucts in the Chinese city are one of the great show places. The fruit 

 and nut products are brought into Pekin in little two-wheeled carts, 

 or more generally on camelback, great caravans of heavily loaded 

 camels and streams of carts constantly entering the city with the 

 products of the outlying provinces. One finds, therefore, in the 

 markets of the Chinese city the fruit products of all northern China, 

 and can study them at ease. All the district lying between Pekin 



