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the other was Leggett's anchor brand. The same apparatus was used as 

 in the preceding experiments, and, as the work was done on the same 

 day, Ap. n, the conditions were practically the same. 



Good's whale oil soap no. 3, \\ powids to the gallon. Seven trees 

 were treated with this strength of the insecticide on the same day and 

 under the same conditions as in the preceding experiments. Their con- 

 dition at the beginning of the test was as follows. Tree 29, a globe 

 peach 6 feet high, was badly infested with San Jose scale. Trees 30 and 

 31, the same kind and 10 feet high, were infested with but few scales, 

 while tree 32, 14 feet high, was moderately infested. Trees 108 and 109, 

 Bartlett and beurre bosc pear 7 and 10 feet high respectively, were 

 moderately infested, and tree no, a KierTer 10 feet high, was rather 

 badly infested. ' 



Ap. 19. Trees 29-32 have a moist appearance. The buds are start- 

 ing. The soap is hardly apparent on trees 108-110. The buds are 

 starting on no. 



May ir. The leaves are nearly out, and there are many blossoms on 

 trees 108 and no. The foliage is not quite so advanced on tree 109 

 and there is no bloom. 



May 14. The leaves are starting well and there are many blossoms 

 on trees 30-32. There are no flowers on tree 29. The leaves are 

 pretty well out on trees 108-10. The full bloom on tree no is shown 

 on pi. 6. 



July 2. There are very few living young on tree 29, apparently none 

 on tree 30, and but few on trees 31, 32 and 108-10. 



Aug. 3. No living young were found on tree 29, and a few only on 

 trees 30-32, 109 and no. Many living young were found on tree 108. 



Sep. 7. Very few living young were found on trees 29 and no, a 

 few on trees 30, 31 and 109, and many on trees 32 and 108. 



Good's whale oil soap no. 3, 2 pounds to the gallon. Six trees were 

 treated with this solution. Their condition at the beginning of the ex- 

 periment was as follows : tree 69, a Howell pear 9 feet high , tree 70, a 

 Clapp's favorite 12 feet high, and tree 71, a Flemish beauty 6 feet high, 

 were all very badly infested with the San Jose scale. Tree 86, a Craw- 

 ford peach 10 feet high, was moderately infested with the scale. Tree 

 87, an old Mixon 12 feet high, was very badly infested, and tree 88, 

 same kind and size as the preceding, was badly infested with the scale. 



Ap. 19. The soap is apparent and rather moist on tree 69, while on 

 trees 70 and 71, it is rather dry. The soap is very apparent on 

 trees 86-88. 



