﻿5G8 
  Annual 
  Eepokt 
  of 
  Commissioneb 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  

  

  tliese 
  the 
  infested 
  trees 
  were 
  burned, 
  one 
  liundred 
  and 
  forty-seven 
  

   in 
  all. 
  At 
  the 
  remaining 
  place 
  sixty-eight 
  infested 
  trees 
  were 
  

   found 
  among 
  an 
  orchard 
  of 
  about 
  1,100 
  apple 
  trees 
  set 
  two 
  

   years 
  ago, 
  and 
  the 
  ovmer 
  will 
  remove 
  them. 
  On 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  

   greater 
  distance 
  between 
  the 
  trees 
  the 
  spread 
  of 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  

   is 
  much 
  slower 
  in 
  an 
  orchard 
  than 
  in 
  a 
  nursery, 
  where 
  the 
  trees 
  

   are 
  in 
  close 
  rows. 
  

  

  Four 
  infested 
  orchards 
  inspected 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  are 
  being 
  

   treated 
  by 
  their 
  owners 
  with 
  whale-oil 
  soap 
  and 
  diluted 
  kerosene. 
  

   The 
  results 
  of 
  treatment 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  as 
  satisfactory 
  as 
  earlier 
  

   experiments 
  seemed 
  to 
  promise. 
  Repeated 
  treatments 
  soon 
  make 
  

   the 
  cost 
  heavy, 
  and 
  although 
  the 
  numbers 
  of 
  scales 
  may 
  be 
  so 
  re- 
  

   duced 
  as 
  to 
  weaken 
  the 
  tree 
  comparatively 
  little, 
  yet 
  the 
  young 
  

   scales 
  show 
  a 
  gTcat 
  preference 
  for 
  the 
  fruit 
  as 
  a 
  place 
  to 
  locate, 
  and 
  

   the 
  appearance 
  is 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  damaged 
  thereby, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  

   numbers 
  of 
  scales. 
  Fruit 
  infested 
  with 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  from 
  Cali- 
  

   fornia 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  means 
  of 
  closing 
  the 
  ports 
  of 
  Germany 
  to 
  all 
  

   American 
  fruit, 
  and 
  growers 
  of 
  apples 
  for 
  the 
  export 
  trade 
  have 
  

   suffered 
  in 
  some 
  measure. 
  The 
  cost 
  of 
  destroying 
  infested 
  trees 
  

   has 
  been 
  borne 
  by 
  the 
  nurserymen, 
  in 
  all 
  instances. 
  On 
  some 
  pri- 
  

   vate 
  places 
  labor 
  was 
  engaged 
  at 
  an 
  expense 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  $8.50, 
  

   in 
  all. 
  

  

  Eespectf 
  ully 
  . 
  submitted, 
  

  

  PERCY 
  L. 
  HUESTED, 
  

  

  Inspector 
  of 
  Nurseries. 
  

  

  