28 THE SAN JOSE SCALE. 
the infested orchards and nurseries were located, the scale being fouud 
on pear, apple, peach, and quince stock. No less than three nurseries 
on Long Island were found to harbor the San Jose scale. The source 
of the scale in these nurseries was at first obscure, but it was later learned 
that one of them, at least, has been getting stock from the contaminated 
New Jersey nurseries for a number of years. A very thorough effort has 
been made to exterminate the scale in one of these nurseries, but the other 
two nurseries did not take the same prompt action, although they may 
have entered upon the work of extermination during the summer of 1895. 
In view of the failure of certain of these nurseries to take immediate action 
toward the eradication of the scale, a bill was drafted by Dr. Lintner and 
presented to the legislature of New York at its last session to admit of 
the enforcement of the necessary remedial operations. The text of the 
bill, the passage of which has not been effected, is given on p. 73. 
Dr. Lintner informs us under date of November 28, 1895, that the 
passage of this bill will not be urged during the coming session of the 
State legislature, since he is inclined to think from recent experience 
that New York is not likely to have any serious trouble with the scale. 
The scale has also been discovered at Jamaica, Long Island. 
The presence of the scale was reported by Dr. Lintner, April 27, at 
New Milford, Orange County, near the boundary between New York and 
New Jersey. The information came from Mr. Siingerland that it was 
present on a single tree received from New Jersey. The large nurs 
eries at Rochester and Geneva were examined by Messrs. Sirrine and 
Lowe and found to be untainted. 
NEW MEXICO. 
The occurrence of the San Jose scale in New Mexico was first learned 
from specimens received from Prof. 0. H. Tyler Townsend, on quince, 
April 29, 1892. In Bulletin 7 of the New Mexico Experiment Station, 
June, 1892, Mr. Townsend records the species at Las Cruces upon apple, 
pear, plum, peach, quince, and rose. Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell, in The 
New Mexican of July 11, 1895, states that this insect, originally limited 
to the Mesilla Valley, has, within the last few weeks, been found also 
at Socorro and at Bernalillo. The scale is well established about Las 
Cruces and is more or less distributed throughout the Mesilla Valley. 
At Socorro it is confined to a few trees in the town, where it was 
brought directly from California. At Bernalillo the scale seems to 
have been present for some time and is more widely disseminated. The 
original introduction has occurred in all cases upon California stock. 
OHIO. 
The occurrence of the scale in Ohio was first brought to our attention 
December 19, 1894, by Prof. F. M. Webster. The first locality was in 
Clermont County, on the Ohio River near New Richmond, in the apple 
orchard of Mr. Thomas J. Nichols. The stock was secured in 1890 from 
