No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 487 



Snyder is named 17 times, Eldorado 9 times, Erie 7 times, Taylor 

 and Kittatinny 5 times. 



Sixteen correspondents report profitable growing of currants and 

 10 report gooseberries favorably. 



Vegetables. 



Sixty per cent, of the reports show that the past season has been 

 favorable for the growing of vegetable, a few reporting unfavorable 

 weather conditions. 



Regarding the most destructive enemies, correspondents are prac- 

 tically united on Blight of potatoes, tomatoes, etc., as the most 

 serious. Other troubles mentioned several times are Cabbage Worm, 

 Cabbage Eoot Maggot, Cut Worm, Wire Worm, Potato Beetle, An- 

 thracnose and Mildew. 



Cabbage and potatoes are given equal credit as being the best 

 paying crops. Tomatoes, sweet corn and beets are reported fre- 

 quently, and celery, onions, peas and asparagus are mentioned three 

 or more times. 



Only six correspondents report market gardening unprofitable in 

 their counties. 



Spraying. 



Taking the State as a whole, the reports show that spraying for 

 insects and fungi is increasing, although many correspondents report 

 no increase for their sections. Compared with past years, w^e feel 

 that conditions in this respect are gratifying. Not so, the answers 

 to the question, "Is spraying thoroughly done?" forty -eight say 

 "No" and onlv thirteen "Yes." This seems to us a most unfortunate 

 condition. Nearly every report, referring to one crop or another, ex- 

 presses a need for more thorough spraying, and the answers to the 

 question "What are the results of spraying?" are almost with one 

 voice, "Good when thoroughly done." We feel that this point cannot 

 be too strongly impressed on the minds of all persons who attempt to 

 spray at all. It seems very clear to us that it matters much less 

 which of the man}- excellent formulae and preparations recommend 

 ed to-day you decide to use, than that you practice the greatest care 

 and thoroughness in the application of your choice. 



San Jos^ Scale. 



This insect is now found in nearly every fruit-growing section of 

 the State. Abnormal weather conditions during the principal breed- 

 ing season of the past jear have tended to chv'ck its spread to some 

 extent. This fact must not, however, be taken as an excuse for fail- 

 ing to spray during the present winter or coming spring, for plenty 

 of live scales are present to guarantee a very healthy increase if un- 

 molested. 



Twenty-seven correspondents report that San Jos^ Scale is being 

 held in check. Twenty-three say it is not, in most cases, because n^ 

 neglect and failure to spray and where sprayed, but poorly done. 



The question "What is the most effective spraying material you 

 have used?" brought many interesting answers, some of them of 

 considerable length. The space of this paper will not allow us to 



