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PHILADELPHIA, PA., NOVEMBER, 1913. 



A little learning is a dangerous thing: 

 Drink deep, or touch not the Pierian spring. 



"San Jose Scale ; a Parasite Which Kills the Orchard Pest 

 is Found. Most Important Horticultural Discovery of Recent 

 Years Officially Announced by State Zoologist. Certain That 

 it Has Cleared up Orchards." The above appeared in the 

 Philadelphia Public Ledger, September 26, 1913, and was fol- 

 lowed by a detailed statement by Prof. H. A. Surface, Eco- 

 nomic Zoologist of the Pennsylvania State Department of 

 Agriculture. The discovery, according to Prof. Surface, has 

 been pronounced the most remarkable horticultural work of 

 years, if not of the entire decade. Dr. James S. Grim, in- 

 structor in the Kutztown (Penna.) State Normal School, 

 claims that he discovered these parasites and sent them to 

 Prof. Surface. All this has caused a wordy newspaper war 

 between Prof. Surface and Dr. Grim as to priority of dis- 

 covery. 



A natural inference would be that a State Zoologist would 

 look into the literature of the subject and have the specimens 

 identified before rushing into print. There are numerous 

 Hymenopterous parasites infesting the San Jose scale and a 

 voluminous literature exists relating to the subject. Marlatt 

 (in Bulletin 62, Division of Entomology, U. S. Dept. of Agri- 



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