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scale, and, notwithstanding that the owner of the grove promised 

 the officers of the State Board of Horticulture that he would not 

 spray or fumigate the trees in order to give the little parasite a 

 chance to become established, this promise the owner kept, so far as 

 the spraying or fumigation, but turned to and cut out the trees and 

 burned them, with no explanation to offer for his action, only that 

 he had not promised not to burn the trees. 



During a recent visit of the writer to China, only a few 

 scattering specimens of the red scale was to be found ; these were 

 sent to this State and from them a few specimens of the parasite 

 were bred and liberated, but if it should happen that these few 

 were all females or all males, then no results may be looked for. 



Greedy Scale. 



Aspidiotus rapak : a, female scale from above; b, same from below; c, mass of scale as 

 appearing on bark; d, male scale; e, male scale on twig ; /, female scabs on twigs; e and 

 f, natural size; c, considerably enlarged; o, b, d, greatly enlarged. Year Book, U.S.A. 

 Dep. of Agri., 1894. 



Gr REEDY SCALE (Aspidiotus rapax, Comstock). 



This scale is found to attack a large variety of fruit trees, 

 plants, and shrubs, and is often noticed infesting the pear, peach, 

 plum, apple, and apricot trees. Notwithstanding that this scale is 

 usually found thickly covering the whole stem or branches of its 

 food plants, it seldom causes any serious damage. 



The scale of the female is nearly circular, or slightly oval, 

 yellowish in colour when it covers a living, matured insect, but is 



