The Bulletin. 13 



the eastern counties of New Hanover, Pender, Carteret, Beaufort, and 

 Pasquotank, and in the western counties of Cherokee, Swain, Haywood, 

 Mitchell, Watauga, and Ashe, all of which border on Tennessee. It is 

 recorded in ten counties on the Virginia line, and in twelve on South 

 Carolina. And it is known, in practically every county throughout all 

 the central part of the State. 



It is true that we have comparatively few complaints of it 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 original native orchards were planted before there 

 was any San Jose Scale in the eastern states, so they secured a free 

 start. But our inspections in many sections have shown that where 

 many young orchards are being planted out the Scale is nearly always 

 present in greater or less abundance. 



We doubt whether this insect is in every locality in the State, and we 

 are reasonably sure that there are many orchards which are thus far 

 free from its ravages — 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 be- 

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

 there are hundreds of persons who are keeping the scale in good prac- 

 tical 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 believ- 

 ing 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 know the trouble — whereas, if he had known that he had 

 scale he would have gone ahead with the proper treatments and saved 

 his trees. Furthermore our inspections every year are putting scores of 

 our people in knowledge of the scale in their orchards and they are thus 

 able to save them if they will. 



Natural Enemies of the San Jose Scale.— The orchardist is not 



entirely alone in his efforts to hold the San Jose Scale in check. There 

 are a number of natural enemies which do more or less good in limiting 

 the numbers of the pests. Every rainstorm during the summer doubtless 

 washes off and drowns countless thousands of the young. There are at 

 least two species of native Lady Beetles which commonly prey upon the 

 scale. One of these is the Twice-stabbed Lady Beetle, about one-eighth 

 of an inch long, black, and with a red spot on each wing cover, the spots 

 resembling tiny drops of blood, thus giving rise to its name. The other 



