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  to 
  be 
  infested 
  by 
  this 
  scale, 
  some 
  correspondence 
  followed, 
  from 
  

   which 
  I 
  learned 
  that 
  the 
  tree 
  came 
  to 
  this 
  State 
  through 
  a 
  jobl)er 
  or 
  

   dealer 
  in 
  trees 
  who 
  had 
  no 
  nursery 
  of 
  his 
  own, 
  but 
  who 
  had 
  bought 
  

   it 
  with 
  a 
  (quantity 
  of 
  others 
  from 
  a 
  New 
  York 
  nurseryma,n 
  on 
  whose 
  

   grounds 
  the 
  scale 
  has 
  never 
  been 
  known 
  to 
  occur. 
  On 
  a 
  subsequent 
  

   careful 
  inspection 
  of 
  this 
  entire 
  neighborhood 
  no 
  other 
  infested 
  trees 
  

   were 
  found. 
  

  

  On 
  a 
  farm 
  near 
  Sanford. 
  Ind.. 
  but 
  across 
  the 
  Illinois 
  line, 
  in 
  

   Edgar 
  county, 
  [11., 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  plantation 
  of 
  about 
  two 
  thou.sand 
  cur- 
  

   rant 
  bushes, 
  a 
  considerable 
  number 
  were 
  found 
  by 
  the 
  owner 
  in- 
  

   fested 
  by 
  a 
  scale 
  which 
  proved 
  on 
  examination 
  at 
  my 
  office 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  

   San 
  Jose 
  species. 
  The 
  infested 
  bushes 
  were 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  "red 
  Dutch'' 
  

   variety, 
  "cherry" 
  currants 
  mixed 
  with 
  them 
  not 
  showing 
  the 
  scale. 
  

   These 
  infested 
  bushes 
  had 
  been 
  obtained 
  in 
  1898 
  from 
  a 
  nursery 
  

   company 
  at 
  Rochester, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Mr. 
  Howard 
  had 
  about 
  fifteen 
  acres 
  

   of 
  fruit, 
  but 
  found 
  the 
  scale 
  on 
  nothing 
  but 
  the 
  currants 
  mentioned. 
  

   He 
  promised 
  to 
  burn 
  all 
  the 
  currant 
  bushes 
  in 
  this 
  acre 
  field, 
  plow 
  

   it 
  up, 
  and 
  plant 
  it 
  to 
  corn. 
  As 
  the 
  infested 
  patch 
  was 
  not 
  immedi- 
  

   ately 
  connected 
  with 
  any 
  other 
  fruit 
  plot, 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  there 
  

   had 
  been 
  no 
  extension 
  of 
  this 
  imported 
  colony. 
  

  

  From 
  Mr. 
  Howard's 
  premises 
  the 
  scale 
  was 
  transferred 
  by 
  sale 
  of 
  

   currant 
  bushes 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  H. 
  Evinger 
  at 
  Yermilion, 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  county 
  but 
  about 
  five 
  miles 
  away. 
  

  

  At 
  Collinsville, 
  in 
  Madison 
  county, 
  in 
  an 
  orchard 
  of 
  about 
  five 
  

   acres 
  belonging 
  to 
  Charles 
  Eckert, 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  large 
  trees 
  (apricot 
  

   and 
  plum) 
  were 
  found 
  slightly 
  infested 
  atone 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  orchard, 
  

   and 
  a 
  small 
  apple-tree 
  near 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  it 
  was 
  extensively 
  attacked 
  

   by 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  and 
  other 
  orchard 
  scales. 
  The 
  latter 
  tree 
  had 
  

   been 
  received 
  from 
  New 
  Jersey 
  three 
  years 
  before, 
  and 
  had 
  been 
  

   noticed 
  by 
  the 
  owner 
  as 
  unthrifty 
  from 
  the 
  beginning. 
  

  

  At 
  Mascoutah, 
  in 
  St. 
  Clair 
  county, 
  about 
  ten 
  trees 
  were 
  found 
  in- 
  

   fested 
  with 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  in 
  one 
  corner 
  of 
  a 
  neglected 
  fruit 
  plot 
  

   on 
  a 
  town 
  lot. 
  The 
  infested 
  trees 
  were 
  peach, 
  apple 
  and 
  cherry. 
  These 
  

   had 
  l)een 
  imported 
  originally 
  from 
  New 
  Jersey 
  by 
  John 
  Baisch. 
  

   The 
  property 
  has 
  since 
  changed 
  hands. 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  ten-acre 
  orcha,rd 
  at 
  West 
  Salem, 
  Edwards 
  county, 
  belonging 
  

   to 
  Mr. 
  Augustus 
  Fischel, 
  several 
  Nevada 
  pear-trees 
  originally 
  ob- 
  

   tained 
  from 
  a 
  New 
  Jersey 
  nursery 
  were 
  found 
  badly 
  infested 
  with 
  

   the 
  San 
  Jos6 
  scale, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  having, 
  in 
  fnct. 
  died 
  from 
  its 
  

   effects. 
  An 
  apricot 
  was 
  also 
  conspicuously 
  covered, 
  and 
  a 
  tew 
  peach 
  

   trees 
  near 
  by 
  were 
  slightly 
  contaminated. 
  

  

  At 
  Mt. 
  Carmel, 
  in 
  Wabash 
  county, 
  a 
  single 
  infested 
  plum-tree 
  was 
  

   first 
  found 
  by 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  Schneck, 
  specimens 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  

   office, 
  but 
  subsequent 
  visits 
  of 
  assistants 
  discovered 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  a 
  

   large 
  number 
  of 
  fruit 
  trees, 
  dispersed 
  over 
  at 
  least 
  six 
  city 
  blocks, 
  

   were 
  infested 
  with 
  the 
  scale, 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  badly 
  so, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  in- 
  

   troduction 
  of 
  the 
  pest 
  must 
  date 
  back 
  several 
  years. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  

   owners 
  of 
  infested 
  premises 
  and 
  the 
  great 
  variety 
  of 
  sources 
  from 
  

   which 
  trees 
  had 
  been 
  obtained 
  by 
  them 
  make 
  it 
  now 
  impracticable 
  

  

  