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At that time sprayed with '"Scalecide,"" one part in. water twenty 

 parts. 



This is another of those trees that was at one time so scaly that it 

 seemed as if it must succumh, and I had actually directed my hoy to 

 cut it out. For some reason the direction was not at once oheyed, and 

 I afterward decided to kill it first by experiments and have it re- 

 moved afterward. 



Tree 39— TreUised Apple. This did so little in 1904 that it was 

 taken out, and the space was not filled during the season of 1905. 



Tree 40 — Lincoln Coreless Pear. Started early in April, and for 

 the first time blossom clusters developed, some flowers opening on the 

 26th, while on the 30th was in full bloom — a mass of white. A heavy 

 set of fruit was made, in wliich the pear midge appeared May 36th, 

 niaterially reducing it. Only a little remained in June, and this de- 

 veloped irregularly until, in late September, about a dozen pears 

 ripened, two of them of good size and typical form. On cutting they 

 proved to be anything but coreless, and on tasting they proved to be 

 the very worst I ever sampled : — therefore the tree was ordered out and 

 was removed in October. 



This tree has had an interesting history, the scale having been 

 allowed to develop unchecked since it was set out. It was noted at 

 once that for some reason the insects did not increase in numbers on 

 it, and in the hope that an exempt variety might be developed, the 

 tree was watched and kept free from all applications tending to de- 

 crease scale. As a matter of fact infestation never became very bad 

 at any time, yet the tree undoubtedly suffered. The bark roughened, 

 some of it scaled off, and in some places it split. The outer surface 

 became hard and during the last year the foliage and growth were 

 not up to the standard. This was especially true during the summer 

 just passed, when many leaves turned yellow and dropped, while some 

 small branches died. Whether this is all to be attributed to the scale 

 may be a question ; but at any rate the tree had served its purpose, and 

 as the fruit was good for nothing it was removed. 



Tree 41 — Died in 1904 and was not replaced. 



Tree 42 — Elherta Peach. Sprayed with '"Kill-O-Scale," one to 

 water twenty parts, October 20th, 1904, and with iSTaptliol-Sulphur 

 at the rate of one part to water thirty-two parts, March 6th, 1905. 



Started early in April, some blossoms opening on the 23d, while 

 on the 30th it was in full bloom. Was out of bloom and in full leaf 



