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pest. All of these facts in connection with the life history- of 

 this little insect are most important to every fruit-grower of the 

 present day. 



Methods for the control of this pest have been sought and 



practiced from the very 

 beginning, or since its 

 discovery. We all 

 know that the applica- 

 tion of lime, sulphur 

 and salt which proved 

 satisfactory in Califor- 

 nia has not been so 

 successfully used in the 

 east. Furthermore, the 

 remedy which may be 

 applicable in one sec- 

 tion of the east is not 

 necessarily applicable in 

 another section, even in 

 the same state, so we 

 have to bear this point 

 in mind. In south 

 Georgia this last sum- 

 mer I found some enor- 

 mous orchards which 

 were abandoned largely 

 on account of the at- 

 tack of this insect. 

 The attack of the in- 

 sect soon produces a 

 remarkable deadening 

 efifect upon the trees. 

 Some of those orchards 

 down there have been 

 completely destroyed, and none of the original trees left. A 

 glance at Figures 6, 7 and 8 will give you some idea of the ruin 

 which follows the track of this pest. Passing a little further to 

 the north, we found a peach orchard of some 40,000 trees, 

 many of which were already dead. In that case we found the 



Fig. 6. — Apple tree killed by scale. 

 By courtesy of New England Homesteati . 



