THE SAN JOSE SCALE. 



with young, greatly magnified, and at {d) 

 the anal fringe, still more enlarged. The 

 little circle at the right shows the real 

 size. The mother louse acts as a shield 

 to protect the ycjung- during the winter 



season, and so thoroughly does she ac- 

 complish this that the young are safe 

 from any applications until they emerge 

 in early spring, at which time they can 

 scarcely be seen without a microscope. 



Fig. 1082 shows the same, and to the 

 left a male adult, greatly enlarged ; 

 and Fig. 1083 an infested branch. 

 These cuts will serve to identify this 

 scale, for any one who has even a good 

 hand microscope. 



The best remedy appears to be kero- 

 sene emulsion faithfully applied in the 

 month of May or June, at the time 

 when the young have come out from 

 under the old mother scale. 



In New Jersey it has been found to 

 infest the currant bushes and the quince 

 trees, in addition to the pear and plum, 

 above mentioned. Indeed, where abun- 

 dant, there is scarcely any plant or 

 forest tree which is exempt. Once get 

 it in Canada, and millions of dollars 

 would not eradicate it, nor would 

 millions equal the loss to our fruit 

 growers. How far north it will live we 

 do not yet know, but we do not wish to 

 experiment with it enough to settle that 

 question. 



The writer attended the meeting of 

 the Lincoln and Welland fruit growers 

 at St. Catharines, on Saturday, where a 

 strong resolution was passed advocating 



either that all importations of fruit trees 

 and plants from the U. S. be prohibited 

 for a time, or else that all trees for 

 importation be subjected to the most 

 strict quarantine, and not permitted to 

 cross the lines unless the sworn certifi- 

 cate of an expert entomologist can be 

 first secured by the shippers, at his own 

 expense, that the stock has been 

 thoroughly examined, and proved to be 

 free from this scale. We would advise 

 farmers' institutes and other farmers' 

 gatherings throughout the land to pass 

 similar resolutions, and submit the same 

 to the Dept. of Agriculture as speedily 

 as possible. 



The following is a copy of the resolu- 

 tion passed at the meeting of Fruit 

 Growers at St. Catharines, and which is 

 approved of by us : — 



Fig. 10S2. — Am Infested Branch. 



" irAercas authentic information has 

 been received by this Association that the 

 San .Jose scale has made its appearance in the 

 orchards and nurseries in tlie adjoining states 

 of the Union, thereby seriously menacing the 

 fruit growing iuterest of the Dominion of 

 Canada. 



" Be it, therefore, resolved, tliat this 

 Association respectfully memoralize the 

 Dominion <!overnment to take the necessary 

 steps to prohibit all importition of fruit of 

 kinds known to be infested, and of all fruit 

 trees and currant bushes until such evidence 

 is furnished as shall satisfy an expert that 

 they are free from the San Jose scale. 



"And, further, that the Government be 

 memorialized to appoint an expert or experts 

 to examine all such importations, with author- 

 ity to have tlicm reshippeil out of the coun- 

 try or destroyed, if found to be infected." 



