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the rule to find a lot of trees arriving free from San Jose Scale. About 30 per 

 cent, of all trees arriving from Ontario bore more or less San Jose Scale. In re- 

 considering the situation in the Thos. Wagner orchard at Aylesford, it seemed 

 impossible that adult female scales should remain on the trees since the autumn of 

 1910, although the previous examination had revealed none living. On May 38th, 

 these trees were examined for a second time, and three living Scales found on one 

 tree. Principal Gumming was immediately notified, and on June 3rd, a mass 

 meeting under the auspices of the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers' Association was 

 held at Kentville, and recommendations were made by then that -la force of in- 

 spectors at once be employed to examine all recent importations from Ontario and 

 that regulations be framed governing the further importation of nursery ■ stock 



Fig. 15. — Pear infested with San Jose Scale. 



into Js'ova Scotia. On June 4th, regulations were passed by the Province of Nova 

 Scotia empowering their inspectors to destroy without indemnity trees infected^ 

 with living San Jose wherever found, and such adjacent trees as they thought 

 necessary. Application was made by Principal Gumming to the Ontario Nursery 

 firms doing business in Nova Scotia for a list of their customers covering the years 

 1910-11-12, and the largest " jobbers " in Nova Scotia at once furnished lists of 

 customers supplied with Ontario stock by them. With these lists to start with, the 

 first of the inspectors started working systematically from Aylesford on June 5th. 

 The inspectors formerly employed on Brown-tail moth were the first to be taken 

 on, on account of their knowledge of the country and of dealing with the public, 

 and it is mainly due to this fact, that the inspection was so successfully carried 

 on. The number of inspectors from this date until Nov. 1st varied from six to 

 twelve. The inspectors first devoted their attention to the districts where planting 

 was heaviest and the orchard interests most important, viz., the district about 



