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  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  had 
  moderated 
  sufficiently 
  to 
  allow 
  Mr. 
  Knapp 
  to 
  commence 
  dig- 
  

   ging 
  lie 
  -^^Tote 
  to 
  me 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  subject. 
  A 
  fumigating 
  

   receptacle 
  was 
  built 
  and 
  all 
  his 
  stock 
  was 
  submitted 
  to 
  the 
  action 
  

   of 
  the 
  gas- 
  

   Continuing 
  my 
  nursery 
  and 
  orchard 
  inspection 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  

   until 
  the 
  nurserymen 
  had 
  finished 
  their 
  busy 
  season, 
  then 
  I 
  em- 
  

   ployed 
  three 
  laborers 
  and 
  dug 
  out 
  and 
  burned 
  all 
  infested 
  stock 
  

   in 
  the 
  Jacob 
  Wentz 
  nursery, 
  finishing 
  on 
  the 
  twenty-seventh 
  of 
  

   April, 
  at 
  a 
  cost, 
  including 
  livery 
  hire, 
  rent 
  of 
  tools, 
  car-fare, 
  labor 
  

   and 
  compensation 
  of 
  $92.07. 
  

  

  About 
  the 
  fii*st 
  of 
  May 
  I 
  inspected 
  a 
  shipment 
  of 
  Japanese 
  maples 
  

   imported 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Stecker, 
  which 
  were 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  infested 
  with 
  

   poUaspis 
  pint. 
  A 
  few 
  of 
  these 
  scales 
  were 
  found 
  on 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   plants. 
  Obtaining 
  Mr. 
  Stecker's 
  consent, 
  I 
  had 
  the 
  infested 
  plants 
  

   treated 
  with 
  a 
  solution 
  of 
  whale-oil 
  soap. 
  

  

  Spring 
  being 
  well 
  advanced, 
  the 
  effect 
  of 
  the 
  canker 
  worm 
  was 
  

   very 
  marked 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  orchards 
  in 
  Monroe 
  county. 
  Badly 
  

   infested 
  orchards 
  were 
  stripped 
  of 
  their 
  foliage, 
  and 
  appeared 
  as 
  

   though 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  burned. 
  I 
  drove 
  through 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  

   county 
  and 
  talked 
  with 
  the 
  farmers 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  spraying, 
  but 
  with 
  

   little 
  success, 
  for 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  too 
  busy 
  to 
  give 
  it 
  any 
  atten- 
  

   tion. 
  Soon 
  after 
  this 
  I 
  started 
  trimming 
  out 
  black 
  knot. 
  Trees 
  

   which 
  were 
  located 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  plum 
  orchards 
  were 
  thoroughly 
  

   trimmed. 
  All 
  limbs 
  sho^^dng 
  signs 
  of 
  the 
  fungus 
  disease 
  were 
  cut 
  

   and 
  burned. 
  Only 
  a 
  comparatively 
  few 
  trees 
  could 
  be 
  treated, 
  for 
  

   there 
  are 
  thousands 
  on 
  the 
  roadsides 
  and 
  in 
  yards 
  that 
  are 
  badly 
  

   diseased. 
  I 
  could 
  only 
  give 
  those 
  my 
  attention 
  where 
  requested 
  

   to 
  do 
  so 
  by 
  some 
  fruit 
  grower. 
  

  

  Commencing 
  on 
  June 
  fifth 
  inspecting 
  nursery 
  stock 
  for 
  certifi- 
  

   cates, 
  I 
  continued 
  in 
  this 
  work 
  throughout 
  the 
  season, 
  finding 
  very 
  

   little 
  infested 
  stock, 
  except 
  where 
  blocks 
  of 
  trees 
  were 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  

   diseased 
  with 
  pear 
  blight. 
  Such 
  blocks 
  were 
  gone 
  over 
  very 
  care- 
  

   fully, 
  cutting 
  out 
  parts 
  or 
  whole 
  trees, 
  where 
  necessary. 
  The 
  

   season 
  being 
  very 
  favorable 
  for 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  this 
  disease, 
  

  

  