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and are so easy to handle makes them especiallx- \alnal)le for 

 use ill small (|uantilies in tlie home garden, nursery, park^ or 

 ornamental plantings, .and in tlie city hack yards. 'J'lie lime- 

 snlphnr mixtnre is considerahly less expensive than "sokihle 

 oils" when nsed on a lar^e scale in commercial orchards, and 

 has so much \aliie in destroying- tlie pear ])sylla and as a fungi- 

 cide that it seems hest to continue using it. The "sokihle 

 oils" ])r(il)al)l\- do not pos.sess much \alue as a fungicide, and 

 we hesitate to recommend tliem for general use in Connecticut 

 hecause there may later develop a cumulative injury to trees 

 if spraved with these mixtures year after year. Mr. E. M. 

 Tves of ]\leriden has used "Scalecide," spraying most of his 

 trees in the spring, and giving another treatment in November. 

 I'^rom an examination of these trees, the results seem to be 

 about the same as if sprayed with the lime-sul])hur mixture, 

 but the trees need spraying again in the spring. If sprayed 

 in the fall and again the following spring, an examination 

 bef(jre the beginning of the breeding season would show much 

 better results. Young scales establish themseh'es on the bark 

 more readilv, and the tree becomes badly infested sooner, than 

 where lime and sulphur mixture is used. The great need of 

 thorough and persistent work in spraying for this insect cannot 

 be emphasized too often or too strongly. 



Everv farmer or land owner should cut all w ild fruit trees 

 in the fields, i)astures or roadsides; for the scale will breed and 

 multiply just as well in such places as in the orchard, and they 

 furnish a constant source of infection. All other trees should 

 be sprayed. Each member of this Society .should destroy 

 everv scrub fruit tree on his place if lie is not willing to take 

 care of it. 



In the annual inspection of Connecticut nurseries in the 

 fall of 1906 we found more scale than usual, and it was neces- 

 sary to destroy considerable stock. In the future it will be 

 neces.sary for nurserymen to grow stock just as quickly as 

 possible, and to spray it each winter or spring until sold. All 

 buds, cions and cuttings should be fumigated before setting. 

 I'.acli nurservman should grow less stock and give it more 

 attention. 



The apple aphis {Aphis poiiii DeGeer) was abundant, and 



