ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING. 19 



account of the new incoming President. ]^Iight it not be well 

 to amend that by authorizing the President of the previous year 

 to appoint these auditors? 



The President : Whoever comes in as President has to 

 appoint a number of committees, and this might go with it if it 

 is so understood. I think it can be managed that way. 



Motion seconded and passed. 



The President : It will be the proper thing to appoint the 

 auditors hereafter with the other standing committees that are 

 for the year. 



The next report for us to hear is from the Committee on 

 Injurious Insects. It will be by Prof. W. E. Britton of New 

 Haven. 



Report of the Committee on Injurious Insects. 



It is expected that in a report of this kind the presence or 

 absence of certain injurious species of insects will be noted. If 

 the report covered the whole State, its value would be apparent, 

 but the present report is based upon the observation of this 

 Committee in a few localities and upon facts gleaned from corre- 

 spondence with fruit growers in different sections of the State. 



Pear Psylla. The pear psylla {Psylla pyricola, Forst.), which 

 has been so abundant for three or four years, was much less 

 abundant during the season. Expecting another serious attack 

 in the summer of 1901, all pear trees at the Station were sprayed 

 with the kerosene and water mixture (containing 15 per cent, 

 of kerosene) on June 4th. No injury to the trees resulted from 

 making the application on a fair day, but as the insects were not 

 abundant in that vicinity the exact effect upon them could not 

 be determined. 



San Jose Scale-Insect. The San Jose scale-insect {Aspidio- 

 tus perniciosns, Comst.) is still the most important insect pest 

 of the orchard, and it has increased with great rapidity during 

 the past season. Experiments conducted by the writer in 

 cooperation with some of the members of this Society, indicate 

 that the scale may be held in check by spraying with either 

 crude oil (having a specific gravity of not less than 43 degrees, 

 Beaume.) or with kerosene and water, the mixture containing 

 20 per cent, of kerosene, applied just before the leaves appear 

 in spring. Fifteen per cent, of kerosene mixed with water was 

 used on peach and plum trees in foliage with no appreciable 



