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price. The very next day there was a gentlemau from Southern Illi- 

 nois came to buy apples and I told him I had a lot of very fine apples 

 that I would sell at $3.00 per barrel. The result was he took the 

 sprayed fruit at that price and finished up the car on unsprayed fruit. 

 There is no question in my mind that there is always a demand for fine 

 fruit. If you have something nice, clear of scab and black rot, you 

 can always sell it, no matter how enormous the crop, and the right way 

 to get the finest fruit is to spray. 



Question — Do all pay more for sprayed fruit"? 



Answer — I pay more for sprayed fruit if the apples are alike in 

 size. My reason for that is this: by spraying the fruit is cleared of 

 worms, and consequently keeps better. By spraying you invariably 

 get fruit of a better quality, it has a better polish and it is worth more 

 money. You take an Italian and let him pick apples out of every bar- 

 rel. If an apple polishes nicely he will buy it. Of course, the Jona- 

 than will take on a high polish without spraying, but it will take on a 

 better polish with spraying. 



Mr. Goodman — We have a communication from Mr. Stedman of 

 the Missouri College. He calls attention to the San Jose scale. He 

 states that it has been brought into the State, and would like anyone 

 that finds a specimen of it to send it to Columbia. This insect will be 

 found at this season of the year. Individual scales are a little less than 

 one-eighth of an inch long. 



Columbia, Mo., Not. 20, 1895. 

 Hor. L. A. GooDM.VN, Secretary State Horticultural Society, Westport, Mo. : 



Dear Sir— Will you kindly read the followlag to the members of your Society at their 

 next meeting: 



In view of the fact that the San Jose scale, which is the worst Insect enemy to fruit 

 trees In the United States, has undouhtedly been Introduced Into this State througli nur- 

 sery stock within the past year or two : and also, in view of the fact tliat this insect is not 

 readily detected even by experienced horticulturists and nurserymen, until it has done a 

 vast amount of damage and spread over large areas; and since It Is to your advantage, as 

 well as to the good of tlie State, that this insect be located and means taken to prevent its 

 spread and to exterminate it, I hereby respectfully request each member of this Society to 

 ■ examine carefully every limb and twig, on every young tree purchased, and set out within 

 the past three years, and also every graft or cutting purchased, and if suspicion is aroused, 

 cut oflf a few twigs that you think have the scale on them, and wrap tliem up in a paper 

 and mail them to me, not forgetting to put your name and address on tlie package, that I 

 may be able to locate the specimens and communicate with you. 



I have every reason to believe that tlie San Jose scale was introduced two years ago, 

 since infected stock was unconsciously purchased In California by a nursery in this State, 

 and sold to parties in tlie east where the scale has now appeared upon said stock. It, there- 

 fore, seems probable that in the natural course of business this company must have dis- 

 seminated some of the Infected stock In Missouri, either directly or Indirectly, on the Cali- 

 fornia stock, or Indirectly on the contaminated home stock. 



A circular will soon be published and sent to those whose names are on the Experi- 

 ment Station mailing list, or to any person who may request the same. This circular will 

 give a short description of the insect, and state how it appears and aflfects the parts of the 

 trees Infected, so that together with the figures one can readily determine whether or not 



