22 THE SAN JOSE OK CHINESE SCALE. 



DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



The occurrence of the San Jose scale in the District is reported in 

 Bulletin 12, and it is now prett}" g-enerally distributed on fruit trees 

 in the city of AVashington and its suburbs. 



FLORIDA. 



The occurrence of the San Jose scale in Florida was broug-ht to our 

 attention in March, 1894, as recorded in Balletin 3, and additional 

 localities soon followed. Mr. E. W. Berger, assistant entomologist 

 of the State experiment station, reports that the present distribution 

 is extensive, the scale occurring in some twenty-odd counties, or 

 wherever peaches are grown. 



GEORGIA. 



The early records of Georgia infestation beginning in 1891 are 

 given in Bulletins 3 and 12. The San Jose scale in 1891 had a pretty 

 strong foothold in this State. The recent conditions in Georgia are 

 indicated on a map prepared b}^ Mr. Newell and published in the pro- 

 ceedings of the Twenty-eighth Annual Meeting of the Georgia State 

 Horticultural Society, in 1901. This map indicates very general 

 infestation thruout the State, including most of. the counties where 

 fruit growing is of any importance. Prof. Hugh N. Starnes, in a 

 letter transmitting this report, states that the large increase indicated 

 on this map does not mean that infestation is still progressing, but 

 merely that it has been more deliniteh^ located and the present State 

 laws looking to the control of this pest are ample in their provisions and 

 are being rigorously enforced. Mr. Kewell reports in this connection 

 that during 1901 out of a total of 218 nurseries inspected, onh^ 9 were 

 found infested, and that this is a very considerable reduction from the 

 percentage of infestation shown by records of previous 3^ears. 



IDAHO. 



The infestation in this State is directly from western sources and is 

 of long standing, at least in the limited area about Lewiston, where 

 the oldest orchards are located. Mr. L. F. Henderson, the entomolo- 

 gist of the State experiment station, reports on the present situation 



under date of May 29 as follows: 



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The scale is very prevalent along the lower river bottoms, such as Lewiston on 



Clearwater, Juliaetta and Kendrick on Potlatch River (a tributary to Clearwater), 



up and dov.n the Snake at Weiser, Payette, Caldwell, Nanipa, as far as Glenns Ferry, 



possiV)ly farther. Its eastern limit see))is about ^Mountain Home, as I do not know of 



it at Shoshone. It does [not?] exist on the upper Snake, as Blackfoot, nor in the 



extreme southeast, as Montpelier. The elevation of this district seems too high for it. 



as it varies from 4,000 to 7,000 feet altitude. The altitude seems also too high about 



