﻿FIFTH 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DH^ECTOR 
  I9O5 
  4I 
  

  

  throughout 
  the 
  grape 
  belt, 
  severe 
  injuries 
  by 
  it 
  have 
  been 
  con- 
  

   fined 
  to 
  restricted 
  areas. 
  The 
  grape 
  blossom 
  midge 
  was 
  respon- 
  

   sible 
  for 
  an 
  unprecedented 
  outbreak, 
  and 
  destroyed 
  from 
  50 
  to 
  

   75;?; 
  of 
  the 
  blossoms 
  on 
  one 
  acre 
  of 
  Moore's 
  early 
  grapes 
  at 
  Fre- 
  

   donia. 
  It 
  was 
  generally 
  present 
  throughout 
  the 
  grape 
  section 
  and 
  

   somewhat 
  abundant 
  in 
  limited 
  portions 
  of 
  certain 
  vineyards. 
  It 
  

   is 
  probable 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  responsible 
  for 
  failure 
  to 
  

   fruit 
  in 
  other 
  cases 
  where 
  the 
  losses 
  were 
  attributed 
  to 
  some 
  un- 
  

   known 
  cause 
  or 
  possibly 
  to 
  unfavorable 
  weather 
  conditions. 
  This 
  

   insect 
  is 
  now 
  under 
  investigation. 
  We 
  hope 
  to 
  solve 
  its 
  life 
  his- 
  

   tory 
  next 
  spring, 
  a 
  necessary 
  preliminary 
  to 
  devising 
  a 
  practical 
  

   method 
  of 
  preventing 
  serious 
  injury 
  in 
  the 
  future. 
  

  

  Shade 
  tree 
  protection. 
  Ravages 
  by 
  the 
  elm 
  leaf 
  beetle 
  have 
  been 
  

   very 
  severe 
  in 
  many 
  Hudson 
  valley 
  cities 
  and 
  villages 
  and, 
  as 
  a 
  

   result, 
  popular 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  w^elfare 
  of 
  our 
  shade 
  trees 
  has 
  greatly 
  

   increased. 
  This 
  concern 
  has 
  been 
  accentuated 
  by 
  extensive 
  de- 
  

   foliations 
  inflicted 
  by 
  the 
  white 
  marked 
  tussock 
  moth, 
  a 
  species 
  

   which 
  has 
  been 
  quite 
  injurious 
  in 
  Buffalo 
  for 
  some 
  years 
  past. 
  

  

  Injuries 
  by 
  these 
  and 
  other 
  shade 
  tree 
  pests 
  have 
  emphasized 
  

   most 
  strongly 
  the 
  recommendations 
  of 
  the 
  Entomologist 
  and, 
  as 
  a 
  

   result, 
  more 
  than 
  ever 
  before 
  is 
  being 
  done 
  to 
  protect 
  shade 
  trees. 
  

   The 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  forester 
  of 
  Albany 
  has 
  been 
  very 
  beneficial 
  

   in 
  spite 
  of 
  certain 
  hindrances. 
  The 
  city 
  of 
  Buffalo 
  has- 
  at 
  last 
  

   committed 
  itself 
  to 
  a 
  definite 
  policy 
  of 
  shade 
  tree 
  protection. 
  A 
  

   forester 
  has 
  been 
  appointed 
  and 
  excellent 
  work 
  already 
  accom- 
  

   plished 
  in 
  that 
  municipality. 
  The 
  authorities 
  of 
  several 
  villages 
  

   have 
  given 
  careful 
  consideration 
  to 
  shade 
  tree 
  protection 
  and 
  there 
  

   is 
  a 
  good 
  prospect 
  that 
  more 
  will 
  be 
  done 
  another 
  year. 
  The 
  work 
  

   against 
  the 
  gipsy 
  moth, 
  noticed 
  below, 
  has 
  resulted 
  in 
  a 
  marked 
  

   improvement 
  in 
  the 
  spraying 
  outfit. 
  We 
  believe 
  that 
  certain 
  of 
  

   this 
  apparatus, 
  modified 
  to 
  suit 
  our 
  conditions, 
  could 
  be 
  adopted 
  to 
  

   advantage 
  and 
  would 
  prove 
  of 
  much 
  benefit, 
  since, 
  by 
  making 
  the 
  

   spraying 
  easier 
  and 
  quicker, 
  it 
  would 
  afford 
  largely 
  increased 
  ef- 
  

   ficiency. 
  Work 
  upon 
  shade 
  tree 
  insects, 
  consisting 
  mostly 
  of 
  local 
  

   examination 
  and 
  recommendation, 
  has 
  consumed 
  much 
  time 
  and 
  

   has 
  been 
  productive 
  of 
  marked 
  improvement 
  in 
  the 
  welfare 
  of 
  the 
  

   trees. 
  

  

  . 
  Gipsy 
  and 
  brown 
  tail 
  moths. 
  These 
  two 
  insects 
  have 
  continued 
  

   their 
  injurious 
  work 
  in 
  Massachusetts, 
  the 
  first 
  named 
  being 
  by 
  

   far 
  the 
  more 
  destructive. 
  The 
  gipsy 
  moth 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  small 
  

   numbers 
  at 
  both 
  Springfield 
  and 
  Greenfield, 
  Mass., 
  as 
  recorded 
  in 
  

  

  