﻿O 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  observations 
  show 
  that, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  fruit 
  growers 
  are 
  experiencing 
  

   much 
  less 
  trouble 
  in 
  keeping 
  this 
  scale 
  insect 
  in 
  check 
  than 
  was 
  

   the 
  case 
  in 
  earlier 
  years. 
  Early 
  spring 
  applications 
  of 
  a 
  lime- 
  

   sulfur 
  wash 
  are 
  giving 
  very 
  good 
  satisfaction. 
  Some 
  parties 
  are 
  

   njeeting 
  with 
  excellent 
  results 
  from 
  applications 
  of 
  a 
  miscible 
  or 
  

   so 
  called 
  " 
  soluble 
  " 
  oil. 
  We 
  have 
  preferred, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  to 
  confine 
  

   our 
  recommendations 
  to 
  a 
  material 
  like 
  the 
  lime-sulfur 
  wash, 
  

   which 
  is 
  not 
  only 
  effective 
  but 
  safe 
  and 
  also 
  valuable 
  in 
  controlling 
  

   fungous 
  diseases. 
  Numerous 
  observations 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  

   above 
  mentioned 
  and 
  other 
  insects. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  gratifying 
  to 
  state 
  that 
  conditions 
  in 
  the 
  Chautauqua 
  grape 
  

   belt 
  have 
  materially 
  improved, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  injury 
  by 
  the 
  grape 
  root 
  

   worm 
  is 
  concerned. 
  Though 
  this 
  insect 
  is 
  generally 
  distributed 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  grape 
  belt, 
  severe 
  injuries 
  by 
  it 
  have 
  been 
  confined 
  

   to 
  restricted 
  areas. 
  The 
  grape 
  blossom 
  midge 
  was 
  responsible 
  for 
  

   an 
  unprecedented 
  outbreak, 
  destroying 
  from 
  50 
  to 
  75^ 
  of 
  the 
  

   blossoms 
  on 
  one 
  acre 
  of 
  Moore's 
  early 
  grapes 
  at 
  Fredonia. 
  It 
  was 
  

   generally 
  present 
  thro'Ughout 
  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 
  unknown 
  cause 
  or 
  

   possibly 
  to 
  unfavorable 
  weather 
  conditions. 
  This 
  insect 
  is 
  now 
  

   imder 
  investigation. 
  We 
  hope 
  to 
  solve 
  its 
  life 
  history 
  next 
  spring, 
  

   a 
  necessary 
  preliminary 
  to 
  devising 
  a 
  practical 
  method 
  of 
  pre- 
  

   venting 
  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 
  welfare 
  of 
  our 
  shade 
  trees 
  has 
  

   increased 
  greatly. 
  This 
  concern 
  has 
  been 
  accentuated 
  by 
  exten- 
  

   sive 
  defoliations 
  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 
  our 
  shade 
  

   trees. 
  The 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  forester 
  of 
  Albany 
  has 
  been 
  very 
  

   beneficial, 
  though 
  owing 
  to 
  certain 
  hindrances 
  his 
  work 
  was 
  not 
  

   as 
  effective 
  as 
  it 
  might 
  otherwise 
  have 
  been. 
  The 
  city 
  of 
  Buffalo 
  

   has 
  at 
  last 
  committed 
  itself 
  to 
  a 
  definite 
  policy 
  of 
  shade 
  tree 
  pro- 
  

   tection. 
  A 
  forester 
  was 
  appointed 
  and 
  excellent 
  work 
  has 
  already 
  

   been 
  accomplished 
  in 
  that 
  municipality. 
  The 
  authorities 
  of 
  several 
  

  

  