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kee, Swain, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Avery, Watauga, and Ashe, all 

 of which border on Tennessee. It is recorded in eleven counties on the 

 Virginia line, and in fourteen on the South Carolina line. And it is 

 already recorded in practically every county throughout all the central 

 part of the State. 



This office has inspected 933 orchards throughout the State, and the 

 records show that of all these a fraction over 64 per cent were found to 

 have San Jose Scale. In 23 counties we have inspected enough to feel 

 sure of their general condition, and in these 23 counties a fraction over 

 63 per cent were found to have San Jose Scale. See table on pages 52 

 and 53 of this Bulletin for more complete data on our orchard inspec- 

 tion work. 



It is true that we have comparatively few records of San Jose Scale 

 from the extreme eastern and northeastern counties, and this is probably 

 because very little fruit is grown there, so that its presence is not noticed. 

 Also it is a fact that in the mountain counties a smaller proportion of the 

 orchards are infested than in the central part of the State, and this is 

 probably because the individual orchards are more isolated from one 

 another by intervening mountains, hills, and forests, so the pest cannot 

 spread so readily. It is probably true, also, that the scale does not 

 increase as rapidly in the cooler climate of the mountains as it does m 

 the warmer central region of the State. But our inspections in many 

 sections have shown that where many young orchards are being planted 

 the San Jose Scale is nearly always present in greater or less abundance. 

 "We have every reason to believe that a competent inspector could find it 

 in any county of the State in a few days of careful work. 



We will not say that every community in the State has San Jose Scale, 

 though that may be true. We find it so abundant in so many places that 

 one familiar with the facts is apt to think that it is "everywhere." Yet 

 this office has examined many individual orchards without finding it. 

 But the point we wish to emphasize is that there is no part of the State 

 which is immune from it, and it is no doubt present in hundreds of 

 localities and on hundreds — yes, thousands — of premises of which we 

 have no record as yet. There are many localities (especially towns and 

 villages) where it may be found in practically every home orchard or 

 garden in which there are fruit trees. 



And yet — knowing the remedies for it as we now do — there is less need 

 than ever for discouragement, and no need whatever for people to become 

 nervous or panic-stricken over the situation — for all over the State there 

 are hundreds of persons who are keeping the scale under good practical 

 control, the orchard industry was never in better condition, and those 

 growers who give their orchards up-to-date attention have long ceased to 

 regard the San Jose Scale with any special alarm. The real element of 

 danger is not in finding it in your orchard, but it is in believing that it 

 isn't in your orchard when it is, and in having it thus do damage while 

 you are ignorant of the cause. We have found many cases where fine 

 young orchards have been practically ruined when the owner did not 



