20 THE SAX JOSE OR CHINESE SCALE. 



sota, Nebraska. North and South Dakota. Wisconsin, and TVyominof. 

 It probably occurs in some of these States, however, altho it has so 

 far escaped notice. 



ALABA3IA. 



The occurrence of the San Jose scale in Alabama was first indicated 

 in April, 1SS5, by material received from Prof. J. AV. Hoffman, of 

 the Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee. As now reported by Mr. R. S. 

 Mackintosh. State horticulturist, the infestation is scattering thruout 

 the State, but chiefly along some of the main railroad lines, and most 

 of the infested orchards became so before people knew about the 

 scale and before the adoption of quarantine measures to prevent its 

 introduction and spread. 



ARIZONA. 



The San Jose scale has been present in Arizona in the older orchards 

 of the Salt River Valley for more than twenty years. Director R. H. 

 Forbes, of the agricultural experiment station, now reports that this 

 scale insect has rather dropt out of sight, probably because of the 

 succession of excessively hot dry years from 1S99 to 190J:, inclusive. 

 During this period a large proportion of the deciduous fruit trees, 

 including almonds, peaches, pears, apricots, and apples, perished, 

 apparently from lack of irrigating water and partly from the effect of 

 extremely high temperature and dryness. 



ARKANSAS. 



The presence of the San Jose scale in this State is recorded in Bul- 

 letin 12 (1898), on material reported by Professor Stinson. Mr. C F. 

 Adams, the entomologist of the agricultural experiment station, now 

 states that the spread of this insect is still not very general: that it 

 has been reported from several counties, and that he has seen it in two 

 florists' establishments, but has not found it in any of his nursery 

 inspection. 



CALIFORNIA. 



The San Jose scale has, of course, long been generally disseminated 

 thruout the State. Prof. C. ^^ . Woodworth, entomologist of the 

 agricultural experiment station, now reports that it does not occur at 

 Berkeley, but probably occurs ever\'where else in the State where fruit 

 trees are grown, except in isolated plantings in the foothill regions. 

 Usually it is not seriously troublesome, tho it mav increase rapidly at 

 any time and become a pest. The uniform treatment with the lime, 

 sulfur, and salt wash keeps it in check, and parasitism is often fairly 

 eflicient. In some districts, as about San Jose, where it has almost 

 disappeared, the result may be due both to parasitism and to some 



