Ni:\V YORK STATE MUSEUM 



observations show that, as a rule, fruit growers are experiencing 

 much less trouble in keeping this scale insect in check than was 

 tlie case in earlier years. J'2arly spring applications of a lime- 

 sulfur wash are giving very good satisfaction. Some parties are 

 meeting with excellent results from applications of a miscible or 

 so callcil ■■ soluble " oil. \Xc have preferred, as a rule, to confine 

 our recommendations to a material like the lime-sulfur wash, 

 which is not only effective but safe and also valuable in controlling 

 fungous diseases. Numerous observations have been made on the 

 above mentioned and other insects. 



It is gratifying to state that conditions in the Chautauqua grape 

 belt have materially improved, so far as injury by the grape root 

 worm is concerned. Though this insect is generally distributed 

 throughout the grape belt, severe injuries by it have been confined 

 to restricted areas. The grape blossom midge was responsible for 

 an unprecedented outbreak, destroying from 50 to 75;^ of the 

 blossoms on one acre of Moore's early grapes at Fredonia. It was 

 generally present throughout the grape section and somewhat 

 abundant in limited portions of certain vineyards. It is probable 

 that this species has been responsible for failure to fruit in other 

 cases where the losses were attributed to some unknown cause or 

 possibly to unfavorable weather conditions. This insect is now 

 under investigation. We hope to solve its life history next spring, 

 a necessary preliminary to devising a practical method of pre- 

 venting serious injury in the future. 



Shade tree protection. Ravages by the elm leaf beetle have 

 been very severe in many Hudson valley cities and villages and, 

 a? a result, popular interest in the welfare of our shade trees has 

 increased greatly. This concern has been accentuated by exten- 

 sive defoliations inflicted by the white marked tussock moth, a 

 species which has been quite injurious in Buffalo for some years 

 past. 



Injuries by these and other shade tree pests have emphasized 

 most strongly the recommendations of the Entomologist and, as a 

 result, more than ever 1:>efore is being done to protect our shade 

 trees. The work of the city forester of Albany has been very 

 beneficial, though owing to certain hindrances his work was not 

 as effective as it might otherwise have been. The city of Buffalo 

 has at last conimitted itself to a definite policy of shade tree pro- 

 tection. A forester was appointed and excellent work has already 

 been accomplished in that municipality. The authorities of several 



