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advanced horticulture. The self-styled ' * practical man of experience," 

 who wants no science, as he calls it. but does everything' in a rule-of- 

 thunib manner, comes to grief and loses money every time he comes 

 in contact with the really practical man, who does not brag about 

 being one, but who wants always to obtain from specialists the best 

 and latest information on all branches of his work. 



Tin San Jose scale. — Introduced into Ontario in 1897. this most 

 pernicious enemy of the fruit grower has spread through that part of 

 Ontario lying between Niagara and Hamilton, and west of that line 

 to the Detroit Kiver. In fact, it now occurs throughout the peach- 

 growing districts which lie to the west of Lake Ontario and to the north 

 of Lake Erie. This small area is the only part of Canada infested by the 

 scale; but splendid work has been done by the provincial government 

 through its officer, Mr. George E. Fisher, the inspector of San Jose 

 scale, who has been constantly at work since 1898, and his results have 

 been such that they seem worth bringing before the Association. I 

 think it may now be claimed that with the lime-sulphur-and-salt wash, 

 or with a modification of this in which the salt is omitted, as a winter 

 wash, followed in summer by the ordinary kerosene emulsion, we have 

 a practical remedy by which the San Jose scale can be controlled. 

 The Federal Government is enforcing strictly the San Jose scale act, 

 which is practically the one that was agreed upon at the Washington 

 conference held in January. 1898. It is unfortunate that the United 

 States Congress did not simultaneously put through the similar act 

 which was agreed upon at that time, but which it will be remem- 

 bered was neglected owing to the outbreak of the Cuban war. Had 

 this bill become a law the two countries could have worked together 

 to prevent the transshipment of infested nursery stock from one to the 

 other. By the Canadian San Jose scale act all nursery stock imported 

 from countries where the scale is known to exist is fumigated entirely 

 at the expense of the government. There are six ports of entry 

 where fumigating houses are located, and these have worked admira- 

 bly. The San Jose scale act has been rigidly enforced, and with excel- 

 lent results, for there has not been a single well-founded complaint of 

 injury to stock, of undue delay chargeable to the fumigation, or of 

 living scales having been found on any trees in the large number 

 of consignments of nursery stock which have been imported into 

 Canada through the fumigation stations. 



The attention to fruit pests, especially to all kinds of scale insects, 

 which has been evoked by the advent of the San Jose scale in Canada, 

 has had a good effect by teaching our fruit growers and farmers the 

 importance of knowing more about the insect enemies of their crops 

 and the necessity of careful definite work in all branches of their 

 business. 



