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sects are at the bottom of the mischief, is, that of all the 

 fruit examined which was rusty, not a single specimen 

 could be found that did not show the presence of scale on 

 the fruit or branches of the tree. Another fact still more 

 favorable to the insect hypothesis, is this : In the year 

 1879, the scale insect prevailed to a fearful extent, and the 

 orange crop was as fearfully rusty, while this year, the scale 

 has not made such astonishing havoc, and the orange crop 

 was never brighter, or presented a more healthy appear- 

 ance. 



In regard to a remedy for rust on the orange we have 

 none to offer, except that the trees should be so cultured as 

 to keep them properly healthy, and such appliances used 

 as to rid the trees of the scale insect. This we believe is 

 the only remedy. In regard to other appliances, such as 

 lime dust, kerosene and the like, there is no hope except as 

 they may be the means of getting rid of the universal 

 pest. 



SPLITTING OF THE ORANGE. 



During the later growing months of the orange, from 

 July to November, the rind of the fruit sometimes cracks, 

 exposing the segments of the interior to the weather, and 

 the fruit soon decays and drops from the stem. Sometimes 

 but few fruits are so affected ; sometimes many. Some 

 trees seem worse than others standing in the immediate 

 vicinity, and some seasons none are lost from this cause. 



The cause has generally been attributed to a season of 

 drowth, followed by excessive wet, thereby causing the pulp 

 to grow faster than the rind, which, not being able to with- 

 stand the pressure from within, splits ; and hence the 

 result. 



The present season has been one prolific in split fruit >' 



