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aphis (Aphis pomi DeGeer), and the remaining two are scale 

 insects, one the San Jose scale (Aspidiotus perniciosus Corn- 

 stock), and the other the Florida wax scale (Ceroplastes flori- 

 densis Comstock). None of these insects is a serious pest at 

 present. In other countries the fruit is sometimes attacked 

 by the Mediterranean fruit-fly (Ceratitis capitata Wied.) and 

 the Queensland fruit-fly (Bactrocera tryoni Froggatt). In 

 India the anar caterpillar (Virachola isocrates Fabr.) bores in 

 the fruit. 



Varieties. 



The regions in which named varieties of the loquat have 

 been developed are China, Japan, Queensland, India, Sicily, 

 Algeria, and California. 



Little is known of the Chinese varieties. Frank N. Meyer 

 observed several in his travels in China, but mentioned specif- 

 ically only one, the pai-bibaw, or white loquat. T. Ikeda lists 

 forty-six varieties which are cultivated in Japan, but only nine 

 of them are important. One of them, Tanaka, has been intro- 

 duced into the United States by David Fairchild and into Algeria 

 by L. Trabut. Four sorts are listed by the Government 

 Botanical Garden at Saharanpur, India, but only one, the 

 Golden Yellow, is recommended by A. C. Hartless, Superin- 

 tendent of the Garden. The Queensland varieties are not 

 extensively planted, and probably are not so good as those of 

 California. Out of five or six named forms which have origi- 

 nated in Italy (including Sicily), not one has been planted 

 extensively. More than fifteen varieties have been described 

 from Algeria, but most of them have already been discarded. 

 One, named Taza, which Trabut produced by crossing Tanaka 

 and one of the best Algerian loquats, is considered meritorious. 



Most of the improved sorts at present cultivated in California 

 and Florida have been produced by C. P. Taft of Orange, 

 California. Taft has done more than any other man in the 



