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which have been taken, the insect will probably be stamped out in the 

 East by the close of the season. 



The next paper was on the same subject, and discussion was therefore 

 deferred. 



Mr. Smith then read a paper on the San Jose' scale in New Jersey. 

 He stated that the scale had first come to him from a nursery in the 

 State in March, 1892, but had not been recognized, and he did not become 

 aware of the true nature of the insect until he received the special circular 

 sent out by the U. S. Department of Agriculture early in 1894. He 

 described his work in connection with the stamping out of the scale, and 

 particularly the active and energetic steps taken by the owners of the 

 infested nurseries, from which the scale had been exterminated on young 

 stock. He reported sending out letters to all persons who had obtained 

 stock from the nurseries in question, enclosing the circular from the 

 Department of Agriculture referred to, and the examination of nearly 100 

 orchards in person. As a result of his observations and work, he felt 

 confident that the scale would ultimately be completely stamped out. 

 The introduction of the scale was shown to have been either in 1886 or 

 1887, on some plum stock claimed to be curculio-proof, obtained from 

 the San Jose region in California. Other fruit trees imported from 

 California were also shown to be very likely infested. He gave some 

 facts in regard to the trees and varieties which are most liable to be 

 infested, also some notes on remedies. 



In the discussion of these two papers, Dr. Lintner considered the 

 possibility of the introduction of the scale on fruit from California, and 

 concluded that the likelihood of the scale, so introduced, obtaining a foot- 

 hold was very slight. 



Mr. Marlatt thought there was danger in placing too much confidence 

 in the work or the statements of nurserymen as to the completeness of 

 the eradication of the scale, pointing out the great difiiculty of thorough 

 extermination and the ease with which a random scale here and there 

 could be overlooked. Mr. Banks referred to the publication in a New 

 York paper of occurrences of the scale in two or three localities in New 

 York, accompanied with the report of the adoption of active measures to 

 stamp it out in each instance. 



Afternoon Session — August 15, 1894. 



In continuation of the discussion of the morning session, Mr. Smith 



