one of his apple trees. Without wasting any time, war 

 was declared against the pest. Washing done, early in 

 the season paper bands were placed on the trees, and 

 throughout the season examined every six days. He 

 also prevailed upon his neighbors to take the same 

 measures to fight the pest. Mr. Saul evidently believes 

 the old proverb, "An ounce of prevention is better than 

 a pound of cure." 



Moral: "Go ye and do likewise." 



SCALE INSECTS, 



ON ORANGE, APPLE AND PEAR TREES. 



During a recent visit to Southern California our atten- 

 tion was called to a pest found in some of the orange 

 orchards, known as the Red Scale. It is not only found 

 on the branches and foliage of the tree, but also spreads 

 over the fruit. We have not had time to make such 

 inquiry or experiments as we would wish to, but it has 

 been our good fortune, since our return, to meet a gen- 

 tleman from Louisiana who is thoroughly acquainted 

 with the culture of orange trees during the past fifty 

 years, and also with the troubles growers have to en- 

 counter such as scale insects, etc., etc. He attributes 

 the cause of such pests, to. a great extent, to want of care 

 and proper attention ; growers taking crop after crop 

 for a succession of years, neglecting to make an effort to 

 strengthen and nourish the tree only what can be ob- 

 tained from mother earth, and the pruning knife. 



We will repeat a comparison made by him : " Take 

 the human being, for instance. Exact from him more 

 than ordinary labor, deprive him of proper food, etc., etc., 

 and he will become filthy. So with the fruit." 



