THE SAN JOSE SCALE IS SPREADING 



IN the June issue of The Horticulturist 

 it was announced, in an interesting in- 

 terview with Mr. J. Fred. Smith, of Glan- 

 ford, San Jose scale inspector for the pro- 

 vince, that the area afifected by the scale had 

 increased during the past year. While 

 many growers are awake to the importance 

 of grappling with the situation and are 

 spraying as they have never done before, 

 there are others who have given up the fight 

 against the scale. 



That this is the case is borne out by re- 

 ports received during tne past few weeks by 

 The Horticulturist from a number of the 

 township San Jose scale inspectors, who are 

 working in different parts of the affected 

 districts. These reports show that the 

 scale has spread considerably in some sec- 

 tions. In other districts the growers seem 

 to have practically gained control of the 

 situation. 



There are a number of sections in the pro- 

 vince where the law is not being properly 

 enforced and where the fruit industry will 

 soon be practically ruined unless preventive 

 measures are taken immediately. A drive 

 taken recently by an editorial representative 

 of The Horticulturist^ in a portion of the 

 Niagara peninsula, showed thousands of 

 trees that had been destroyed by the scale, 

 still standing, a menace to the fruit inter- 

 ests of the whole district. These plague 

 spots should be removed, and quickly. 

 HAS spre;ad badly. 



" I find the scale has spreaa badly during 

 the past season," writes Mr. M. G. Bruner, 

 of Olinda. " I cannot tell where I will find 

 infected trees. In two peach orchards near 

 where I live, I found an infected tree in 

 each this spring; there were only a few 

 scales on each tree, but enough to cause 

 great damage another year, were they not 

 treated in time. On account of the cold 

 winter the scale received a severe check 

 here, as a large proportion of the peach and 

 plum trees were winter killed. Unless care 



An Unsprayed Apple Tree Affected by Scale* 



This Illustration, together with the one on page 330, affords 

 splendid evidence of the benefits derived by thoroughly spraying 

 trees affected by the San Jose Scale, and of the danger of not spray- 

 ing. This tree, which is located in an orchard near Olinda, Essex 

 county, was first found to be infested with the scale in 1898, but was 

 never sprayed. 



is taken the scale is likely to spread in apple 

 and pear orchards. 



There are some townships here that are 

 not taking any steps to keep the scale in 

 check. Our township is the only one that 

 is really doing anything in this direction. A 

 number of trees have died from the effects 

 of the scale. The first spraying was done 

 about a year ago. Trees that were badly 

 infested then are almost free from the pest 

 now. Some growers have tried the caustic 

 soda remedy with apparently good results. 

 A number are spraying this season who did 

 not spray last year." 



" In February and March of 1903," writes 

 Mr. Walter Biggar, of Winona, " I in- 



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