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Table V. — Rate of Growth of Scale. 



8. 



Averages 



.33 



.491 



.43 



Semarks. 



No. 2. No change after 

 Oct. 20. 



No. 1. Nearly mature on 

 Nov. 2 but no further 

 growth. 



No. 3. No change after 

 Nov. 8. 



temperature 45° F., Eoom 3, average temperature 58° F. The 

 young scales were divided into lots and placed upon sound 

 apples which were then placed in the cold storage rooms with 

 the following results: 



Roam 1. — Average temperature 35° F. Lot 1 consisted of 

 twenty larvae, born September 9, and transferred to apples Sep- 

 tember 10. They were immediately placed in Room 1. In half 

 an hour all had settled down. The following morning each was 



