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Professor W. G. Johnson then delivered an interesting and instructive lecture on 

 the subject of "Some Entomological Problems in America's Largest Orchards." 



Professor Johnson confined his remarks mainly to a discussion of the peach-rais- 

 ing industry in different parts of the United States. He stated the total number of 

 peach-bearing trees in the United States and then took up in turn, the peach belt of 

 Georgia, Michigan, Lake Ontario and the western New York region, Chesapeake 

 Peninsula, Blue Mountain belt. He exhibited characteristic lantern slides showing 

 different phases of the industry in these various sections. 



He explained some of the methods used in combating the diseases and insect 

 enemies of the peach trees, paying particular attention to the San Jose scale and the 

 hydrocyanic gas treatment of these insects. 



Adjournment. 



