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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  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. 
  ii, 
  the 
  conditions 
  were 
  practically 
  the 
  same. 
  

  

  Good^s 
  whale 
  oil 
  soap 
  no. 
  3, 
  \\ 
  pou7ids 
  to 
  the 
  gallo?i. 
  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 
  Kieffer 
  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 
  II. 
  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. 
  j, 
  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 
  %'^, 
  

   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. 
  

  

  