﻿560 
  Annual 
  Tietokt 
  of 
  Co^rMis.sioxER 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  

  

  Sixty 
  per 
  cent, 
  oil 
  damaged 
  large 
  apple 
  branches 
  and 
  killed 
  the 
  

   fniit 
  buds, 
  especially 
  the 
  lower 
  branches, 
  where 
  they 
  took 
  the 
  

   drippings 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  spray. 
  

  

  In 
  all 
  these 
  experiments 
  enough 
  scales 
  escaped 
  alive 
  to 
  thoroughly 
  

   infest 
  the 
  fruit 
  of 
  apples 
  and 
  pears 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  young 
  growth, 
  thus 
  

   showing 
  unsatisfactory 
  results. 
  

  

  EECOMMEXDATIOXS 
  FOR 
  XURSERY 
  STOCK. 
  

  

  It 
  seems 
  desirable 
  that 
  all 
  nursery 
  stock 
  should 
  be 
  fumigated 
  with 
  

   hydrocyanic 
  acid 
  gas 
  before 
  shipment, 
  to 
  destroy 
  all 
  insect 
  pests, 
  

   especially 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale, 
  woolly 
  aphis, 
  bark 
  lice, 
  bud 
  moths, 
  case- 
  

   bearers, 
  etc. 
  

  

  Inspectors 
  should 
  locate 
  the 
  infestation, 
  destroy 
  badly 
  marked 
  

   trees, 
  and 
  see 
  to 
  the 
  proper 
  fumigation 
  at 
  shipping 
  time, 
  under 
  

   approved 
  rules. 
  

  

  EECOMMEXDATIOKS 
  FOR 
  ORCHARDISTS. 
  

  

  It 
  should 
  be 
  a 
  misdemeanor 
  for 
  any 
  one 
  to 
  keep 
  on 
  his 
  grounds 
  

   any 
  tree 
  or 
  shrub 
  infested 
  or 
  infected 
  with 
  any 
  " 
  dangerously 
  in- 
  

   jurious 
  " 
  insect 
  or 
  fungus 
  pests, 
  after 
  a 
  notice 
  of 
  such 
  fact 
  by 
  the 
  

   Commissioner 
  or 
  his 
  agents. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  above, 
  my 
  assistant, 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  Jay 
  Barden, 
  has 
  

   spent 
  most 
  of 
  his 
  time 
  in 
  Cayuga 
  county 
  tracing 
  up 
  the 
  trees 
  sold 
  

   from 
  Anderson's 
  nurseries, 
  at 
  Union 
  Springs, 
  which 
  were 
  known 
  to 
  

   be 
  badly 
  infested 
  with 
  San 
  Jose 
  scales. 
  

  

  Number 
  of 
  orchards 
  visited 
  159 
  

  

  Number 
  of 
  orchards 
  infested 
  112 
  

  

  Number 
  of 
  trees 
  destroyed 
  2,790 
  

  

  Respectfully 
  submitted, 
  

  

  GEO. 
  G. 
  ATWOOD, 
  

  

  Inspector 
  of 
  Nurseries. 
  

  

  