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Apricot 



Ornamental trees. . 



Shrubs 



Currants 



Grapes 



Gooseberries 



Raspberries, acres . 

 Blackberries, acres. 

 Strawberries, acres 

 Vineyards, acres . . . 



The total number of fruit trees inspected in 1900 was 25,655,- 

 308, and in 1901, 32,162,604, representing 6,005£ acres in the first 

 instance, and 7,156f in the second. 



Owing to the fact that more time was spent on inspection 

 work this year, and that much reinspection was done, we feel 

 that we have full information on the location of areas infested 

 with San Jose' scale. It was found on fifty-nine premises be- 

 longing to owners of property who asked for certificates, but 

 this does not mean that the larger nurseries of the State are 

 generally infested throughout the entire stock. Some small 

 nurseries were generally infested, but these were owned by 

 nurserymen who did no more than a local business, and few, if 

 any, ever shipped stock out of the State. Other large nurseries 

 were reported infested, but the infestation was confined to a de- 

 tached block of trees, and often was found in transplanted stock 

 or in packing yards. In other cases nurserymen had a single 

 plant or two brought in from an infested section subsequent 

 to inspection. Other cases are reported where extensive nur- 

 series had scale in a proving-ground or a garden, while the gen- 

 eral stock was entirely clean. 



It is worthy of mention that the majority of infestations re- 

 ported were in stock brought from other States and trans- 

 planted, or " lined out " and kept from year to year. Old trees 



