﻿572 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  

  

  Angiist 
  thirtieth, 
  I 
  discovered 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  in 
  the 
  nnrsery 
  of 
  

   Henry 
  Lutts 
  & 
  Son 
  at 
  Youngstown, 
  Niagara 
  county. 
  All 
  infcstod 
  

   stock 
  was 
  destroyed. 
  

  

  Xo 
  other 
  stock 
  was 
  found, 
  to 
  be 
  infested 
  with 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  or 
  

   other 
  insect 
  pests 
  of 
  such 
  nature 
  as 
  to 
  warrant 
  its 
  destruction, 
  al- 
  

   though 
  many 
  blocks 
  were 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  infested 
  with 
  

   wooly 
  aphis 
  {schizoneura 
  lanigera), 
  or 
  pear 
  tree 
  psylla 
  (psylJa 
  

   pyricola). 
  In 
  all 
  such 
  cases 
  I 
  informed 
  the 
  proprietor 
  of 
  the 
  con- 
  

   dition 
  of 
  his 
  stock 
  and 
  recommended 
  that 
  it 
  be 
  thoroughly 
  fumi- 
  

   gated 
  before 
  shipping. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  inspected 
  and 
  reported 
  for 
  certificates 
  156 
  nurseries, 
  com- 
  

   prising 
  about 
  2,000 
  acres 
  of 
  stock. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  fall 
  packing 
  season 
  I 
  inspected 
  a 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  

   imported 
  stock 
  on 
  the 
  packing 
  yards, 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Rochester, 
  

   but 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  inspect 
  all 
  stock 
  shipped 
  in 
  from 
  other 
  States. 
  

   Most 
  of 
  this 
  stock 
  was 
  repacked 
  and 
  shipped 
  out 
  under 
  New 
  York 
  

   State 
  certificates. 
  

  

  -Since 
  tlie 
  packing 
  season 
  closed 
  I 
  have 
  inspected 
  stock 
  imported 
  

   from 
  other 
  States 
  by 
  the 
  nurserymen 
  for 
  spring 
  shipments. 
  

  

  November 
  twenty-first, 
  I 
  inspected 
  a 
  plat 
  of 
  berry 
  plants 
  for 
  Geo. 
  

   M. 
  Keller, 
  situated 
  three 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Brighton, 
  and 
  found 
  them 
  

   infested 
  with 
  the 
  rose 
  scale 
  (atdocaspis 
  rosce), 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  twenty- 
  

   seventh 
  I 
  examined 
  the 
  remaining 
  nursery 
  stock 
  and 
  fruit 
  trees 
  

   on 
  the 
  Jacob 
  Wentz 
  place. 
  A 
  few 
  bearing 
  fiiiit 
  trees 
  were 
  found 
  

   to 
  be 
  slightly 
  infested 
  \^nth 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale; 
  both 
  the 
  infested 
  plants 
  

   and 
  trees 
  will 
  be 
  taken 
  out 
  and 
  burned 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  possible. 
  

  

  Respectfully 
  submitted, 
  

   H. 
  C. 
  PECK, 
  

  

  Iu,9pector 
  of 
  Nurseries. 
  

  

  