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cover crop is sown. The most popular plants are clovers (medium 

 and mammoth), buckwheat, and vetch. In some special cases alfalfa 

 has proved very satisfactory. 



The San Jose scale to date has not caused great trouble in this 

 section. This is indeed remarkable, because large quantities of 

 stock are imported each year from regions where the scale is 

 known to exist. The most serious pests continue to be the codling 

 moth, bud moth, cankerworm, tent caterpillar, oyster-shell scale, 

 apple scab, and some other diseases. In spite of the most careful 

 spraying, these pests take their large annual tolls. 



Cold storage is very little practiced in Nova Scotia. There are 

 a few growers who have small iced compartments in their packing 

 houses where fruit may be held, but for the most part the frost- 

 proof warehouses are found sufficient, as they are cool even 

 during the warm days. 



