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of the plant, where they remain throughout the winter, and in fact 
the balance of their lives; upon the ascent of the sap, in the spring, 
they grow rapidly. They appear to prefer the young canes, and are 
Grape Vine attacked in the Spring by the Grape Scale. 
often to be noticed clustering and incircling a cane for several feet. 
It has also been known to attack pear, peach, plum, and mulberry 
trees, but then only on trees that stood in close phoximity to in- 
fested grape vines. 
This seale, while new to this country, has been known to occur 
in Europe for more than a century, and was described by Signoret 
as occurring on grape vines in France. 
Remedies.—In winter, use No. 10, 14, or 19 (see pp. 528-530). 
Natural Enemies.—Soon after this scale had been identified in 
this State, steps were taken by the Department of Agriculture, 
through the agency of the travelling Entomologist, Mr. G. Compere, 
to seek for and introduce a parasite, a work which has been crowned 
with such satisfactory result that the scale, which threatened to 
become a troublesome one, has since made little or no progress. 
