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Twenty-Second Annual Report of the 



REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF HORTICULTURE 



By George G. At wood, Chief of Bureau 



INTRODUCTION 



The duties of those engaged in the work of the bureau increase 

 in importance from year to year, and the care and responsibility 

 resting upon inspectors are constantly increasing because of the 

 new problems that arise and the improved methods that develop 

 in the control of insect pests and plant diseases. 



During the year we have spared no effort in endeavoring to 

 eradicate the outbreak of gipsy moth in Westchester county. We 

 have also made a thorough scouting of the eastern end of Long 

 Island for the purpose of eradicating the outbreak of brown-tail 

 moths which appeared there in small numbers a year ago. 



The discovery last year of the location at eight points in the 

 State where the imported pine-shoot moth, Evetria buoliana, was 

 found in our pines, made it necessary to see that the insects in 

 these separate colonies were carefully sought out and destroyed. 

 The possibility that, this insect might be located in other sections 

 of the State has also received considerable attention by the ex- 

 amination of pine trees imported within the last few years. 



In addition to these comparatively new problems we have in- 

 creased our efforts and improved our methods in our attempt to 

 control the San Jose scale, and other horticultural pests. Insects 

 and diseases in the orchards were given attention, particularly 

 the obscure diseases of the peach. 



Throughout the spring and fall seasons we examined, so far as 

 possible, the shipment of nursery stock coming into the state. The 

 usefulness of this method of examining these shipments has been 

 proved by the discovery from time to time of the gipsy moth and 

 the brown-tail moth, blister rust of the pine, and other minor or 

 important insects and diseases frequently found in shipments of 

 nurserv stock from other states and from abroad. 



