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CALIFORNIA FRUITS: HOW TO GROW THEM 



to hold it in check. In spite of the fact that immense numbers 

 are killed by parasites, and perhaps by fungi as well, it is still a 

 grievous pest, and should be fought unceasingly. 



The black scale (Saissetia oleae). 





Black scale in mass form. 



Soft Orange Scale (Coccus Hesperidum). This scale is a pest 

 of citrus trees the world over. The scale is ovoid, a little wider at 

 one end than the other; length, from one- twelfth to one-seventh of 

 an inch ; color, dark brown on convex part, and a lighter brown sur- 

 rounding margin ; it has two indentations on each side, and one on 

 posterior end. This scale prefers to collect on the under sides of 

 the leaves along the midrib, the upper sides being covered with 

 smut. It fortunately is usually held in check by natural agencies. 



Brown Apricot Scale. The apricot tree, though defying the 

 most ruinous scales of some other trees, is beset by certain scales. 

 The black scale is one and the brown apricot scale another. The 

 brown apricot scale (Eulecanium Armeniacum) is boat-shaped; when 

 reaching maturity, wrinkled; the color is a shiny brown, darker in 

 the center, lighter at the edges. A full-sized scale has a length of 

 a quarter of an inch, and a width of one-eighth of an inch. This 

 scale attacks nearly all kinds of deciduous fruits, but especially the 



