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The experience of the last decade has demonstrated the- 

 feasibility of controlling this pest, not only in young or- 

 chards where spraying is comparatively easy, but also on 

 older trees where size, proximity and an uneven surface 

 all contribute to increase the difficulties. Most of our fruit 

 growers recall the tense condition of the earlier days with- 

 their discussions of whale oil soap, kerosene and crude oils 

 and their emulsions and mechanical dilutions, accompanied 

 by numerous experiments, trials and applications, some of 

 which can hardly be considered conservative. Limoid, once 

 the center of the stage, is now only a memory. The lime- 

 sulfur and salt preparation has been succeeded by the lime- 

 sulfur wash, while the earlier commercial products have 

 been replaced by the highly charged and, for the most j)art, 

 very efficient commercial preparations sold under various 

 trade names. The mechanical mixtures of oils have in- 

 turn been displaced by the so-called "soluble" or miscible- 

 oils and several excellent brands are now upon the market. 

 Fifteen years' experience, accompanied by many trials 

 here and there throughout the fruit growing sections, ought 

 to justify certain conclusions. One of the earliest infesta- 

 tions by this pest in the East was on the farm of Mr. L. L. 

 Morrell of Kinderhook, N. Y., who at that time possessed 

 a relatively small, old orchard and a large number of vig- 

 orous, recently set trees. The latter were very severely in- 

 jured and naturally received first attention, Avhile the old 

 trees, showing signs of distress later, were mostly ignored- 

 The large trees have been destroyed, while the young trees, 

 despite their having been badly infested and at times in bad 

 shape, are now in a thriving condition and the once dreaded 

 scale well under control. The handling of this pest in an. 

 old orchard is admittedly much more difficult, yet the ex- 

 perience of Mr. W. H, Hart of Arlington, N. Y., has demon- 

 strated the practieabiKty of combating this scale on large- 

 trees. It was a case of fight or Ibse the orchard. At one 

 time the writer saw most of the upper fourth of many of 

 the trees dead or dying from scale injury. Acting upon the 

 hint and possibly aided in this respect by the work of the- 

 pest, Mr. Hart began cutting out the tops in an effort to 

 bring all limbs within reach of his spray, applied from the 

 ground, since the uneven surface of the orchard prevented 

 the successful employment of a tower. In a few instances, 

 limbs three inches or more int diameter were removed. The* 



