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  iudepondeiitly 
  imported 
  lots 
  of 
  trees 
  which 
  were 
  infested, 
  and 
  at 
  

   another 
  two, 
  making 
  twenty-one 
  such 
  importations 
  thus 
  far 
  found 
  in 
  

   Illinois. 
  These 
  infested 
  localities 
  are 
  as 
  follows, 
  beginning 
  at 
  the 
  

   north 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State: 
  Monroe 
  Center, 
  in 
  Ogle 
  county; 
  Tremont, 
  

   in 
  Tazewell 
  county: 
  (^)aincy 
  and 
  Paloma, 
  in 
  Adams 
  county: 
  Auburn 
  

   and 
  New 
  City, 
  in 
  Sangamon 
  county; 
  Tower 
  Hill 
  and 
  Herrick, 
  in 
  

   Shell)y 
  county; 
  Ernst, 
  in 
  Clark 
  county; 
  Vermilion, 
  in 
  southeastern 
  

   Edgar 
  county, 
  and 
  a 
  farm 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  vicinity; 
  CoUinsville, 
  in 
  Madi- 
  

   son 
  county; 
  Mascoutah, 
  in 
  St. 
  Clair 
  county; 
  West 
  Salem, 
  in 
  Edwards 
  

   county; 
  Mt. 
  Carmel, 
  in 
  Wabash 
  county; 
  Richview, 
  in 
  Washington 
  

   county; 
  Sparta, 
  in 
  Randolph 
  county, 
  and 
  Villa 
  Ridge, 
  in 
  Pulaski 
  

   county. 
  

  

  COXDLTIONK 
  AT 
  INFESTED 
  LOCALITIES. 
  

  

  The 
  exact 
  condition 
  of 
  affairs 
  with 
  respect 
  to 
  this 
  scale 
  reported 
  

   by 
  my 
  inspectors 
  for 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  orchards 
  now 
  known 
  to 
  be 
  infested 
  

   by 
  it 
  is 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  At 
  Monroe 
  Center, 
  in 
  Ogle 
  county, 
  one 
  pear-tree 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  fruit 
  

   patch 
  was 
  found 
  badly 
  infested 
  with 
  the 
  scale, 
  the 
  other 
  trees 
  in 
  the 
  

   lot 
  being, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  could 
  be 
  seen, 
  entirely 
  free 
  from 
  it. 
  This 
  infested 
  

   tree 
  had 
  come 
  from 
  a 
  New 
  Jersey 
  nursery 
  in 
  1893 
  or 
  1894. 
  To 
  my 
  letter 
  

   of 
  (October 
  22. 
  asking 
  him 
  to 
  inspect 
  his 
  imported 
  trees 
  and 
  to 
  report 
  

   the 
  results, 
  the 
  owner 
  had 
  replied 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  carefully 
  examined 
  all 
  

   his 
  New 
  Jersey 
  stock, 
  and 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  free 
  from 
  scale. 
  I 
  mention 
  this 
  

   as 
  evidence 
  of 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  fruit 
  grower's 
  own 
  inspection 
  can 
  not 
  

   be 
  depended 
  on 
  with 
  safety 
  in 
  matters 
  of 
  this 
  importance. 
  

  

  Three 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Tremont, 
  in 
  Tazewell 
  county, 
  m}' 
  inspector 
  

   found 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Jacob 
  Winzeler 
  had 
  purchased 
  from 
  New 
  Jersey 
  in 
  

   the 
  springs 
  of 
  1894 
  and 
  1895 
  a 
  considerable 
  number 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  

   variety 
  of 
  trees, 
  mostly 
  pears, 
  but 
  including 
  also 
  a 
  few 
  apples, 
  plums 
  

   and 
  cherries, 
  and 
  some 
  currant 
  bushes. 
  In 
  this 
  orchard 
  six 
  Japanese 
  

   golden 
  russet 
  pears 
  were 
  quite 
  badly 
  infested 
  by 
  the 
  scale. 
  As 
  these 
  

   were 
  set 
  alternately 
  with 
  trees 
  of 
  other 
  varieties 
  which 
  showed 
  no 
  

   sign 
  of 
  the 
  scale 
  it 
  is 
  i^ractically 
  certain 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  infested 
  

   when 
  received, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  scale 
  has 
  not 
  begun 
  to 
  

   spread. 
  The 
  owner 
  has 
  promised 
  to 
  burn 
  these 
  trees, 
  but 
  we 
  have 
  

   no 
  present 
  assurance 
  that 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  orchard 
  will 
  be 
  

   sprayed. 
  

  

  The 
  Quincy 
  case 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  described. 
  The 
  other 
  Adams 
  

   county 
  locality 
  at 
  which 
  the 
  scale 
  was 
  found 
  was 
  Paloma, 
  a 
  small 
  

   town 
  on 
  the 
  Wabash 
  railroad. 
  Among 
  some 
  forty 
  or 
  fifty 
  New 
  

   Jersey 
  trees 
  on 
  the 
  premises 
  of 
  Thomas 
  P. 
  Ogle 
  at 
  this 
  place 
  only 
  

   one 
  was 
  found 
  infested 
  with 
  the 
  scale, 
  and 
  that 
  a 
  pear 
  which 
  stood 
  

   by 
  itself 
  on 
  the 
  lawn. 
  This 
  was 
  dug 
  u]) 
  and 
  burned 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Blair, 
  

   of 
  the 
  Horticultural 
  Department 
  of 
  the 
  University, 
  and 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  

   the 
  orchard 
  has 
  promised 
  to 
  disinfect 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  his 
  trees. 
  As 
  

   these 
  are 
  all 
  small, 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  done 
  at 
  very 
  slight 
  expense. 
  

  

  At 
  New 
  City, 
  in 
  Sangamon 
  county, 
  twelve 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Spring- 
  

   field, 
  three 
  plum-trees 
  and 
  thirteen 
  pears 
  (Clapp's 
  favorite 
  and 
  Gar- 
  

   ber) 
  belonging 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Henry 
  Archer 
  were 
  badly 
  infested 
  with 
  the 
  

  

  