628 x\EW JERSEY STATE AGRICULTURAL 



1 1 til, there were a few blossoms near the top of the tree, none 

 O'f which set fruit. Growth continued, l)ut was very slow, and 

 the foliage was thin and \ellow. Toward the end of June, it 

 was apparent that the tree was dying- slowly ; but it held on 

 until early September, when the leaves began to drop, and in 

 a few days was all gone. 



Scale breeding- began June 28th, and continued throughout 

 the season in almost as half-hearted a way as the growth of the 

 tree itself. Whatever happened could not be charged to scale 

 injury, at any rate. October ist, the tree was taken out. 



Trek 47 — Grcciisboroitgli Peach. Leaf buds began pointing- 

 out generally, April 26th, and started well, May 7th. Out of 

 a heavy set of fruit buds one large showy blo'ssom opened May 

 nth, and another May 17th, neither of thenii setting fruit. The 

 tree grew well and symmetrically thro'Ughout the season. 



June 28th, a few^ living adults and a few- recent sets were 

 recorded, but not enough tO' require attention. The number 

 increased as the season ad\-anced, but not very rapidly until 

 September, and, on October 15th, it was found desirable to 

 spray with Kill-O-Scale. October 2Cth, the foliage had been 

 slightly scalded, and all but a few of the scales were killed. 



Xo'vember 2d, had made a goo<l g-rowth, and a heavy set of 

 fruit buds, none o^f which showed any signs of injurv from the 

 oil spray; all the foliage was off. The trunk was pretty well 

 infested by scale, and the branches showed a very considerable 

 s]5rinkling. Everywhere, however, the efTfect oi the oil was 

 visible, and it seemed to have penetrated the great bulk of those 

 black scales that otherwise would have provided for next year's 

 crop. 



Tree 48 — Black Tartarian Cherry. Buds began to open 

 April 26th ; a few blossoms opened May 3d ; was a mass of 

 white flowers May 7th, and practically out of bloom May nth. 

 The fruit set was moderate in proportion to the bloom, but 

 enough f(^r the tree. June 8th, fruit began to color, and the 

 tree was hung with red streamers to- keep off robiiis. There- 

 after it was a race between the children and the liirds as to who 

 should get the cherries as they ripened. There wns no scale 

 at any time. 



November 2d, most of the foliage still on, Imt brown and dis- 

 colored. The tree had done fairly well, had made a heavy set 

 of fruit buds, and was practically free from scale. 



