106 ENEMIES OK THE ORCHARD 



bark just as high as the paper extended. A few 

 from which the paper had become dislodged were 

 not harmed. 



The light colored paper called parchment would 

 probably be as good as anything, but I do not know 

 of its being tried. 



The descriptions, etc. , of insects in this chapter 

 have been necessarily so meager that we wish to 

 say that any one who wishes to know more will 

 always find a quick response to any question by 

 writing to the ' ' Professor of Entomology, ' ' at the 

 capital of his state, or at the Department at Wash- 

 ington. Bulletins are issued from time to time 

 giving the most minute and careful descriptions, 

 together with the remedies, and they will always 

 be forwarded when requested. 



Fire Blight. It will be frequently noticed about 

 midsummer that some trees will present the 

 appearance of having been scorched by fire. The 

 first appearance is at the ends of the growing shoots, 

 but at times, though rarely, it attacks the trunks, 

 near the intersections of the large limbs. This is 

 said to be the work of one of the fungoids, so 

 minute that several hundred could hold high car- 

 nival on the head of a pin. They are much smaller 

 than the name given them, which is Micrococcus 

 amylovorus. They are said to exist in unlimited 

 quantities, and to be blown about at random by 

 the winds, and when one comes in contact with 

 incomplete wood, the exposed cells are so open 

 that they enter, when the trouble begins. They 



