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SAtJ JOSE SCALE ( Aspidiotus perniciosus Comst.) 
A. I* Bourne (July 25): In ijorthern Worcester County Mr. 
Fiske reports that he is finding the San Jose scale somewhat 
more prevalent than last year. This, while the only 
specific report coming to our attention this month, "bears 
out the general impression among the fruit growers which 
has "been held for some time that this pest is gradually 
coming "back into abundance in the State. 
H. A. G-ossard (July 25): The San Jose scale has practically 
disappeared from some neighborhoods where it was rather 
numerous in southern Ohio when spring opened. On this 
account some tests of the comparative efficiency of scale 
remedies are rendered practically worthless "because there 
is no scale on the check trees and no difference can he 
found in the various treatments. Of course, there may he 
later developments which will have some significance. 
Some unsprayed trees in northern Ohio have an ahundance 
of San Jose. (August 20): San Jose scale was received from 
Shiloh August 2. Specimens of apple were quite spotted over 
by it. 
B. A. Porter (August 20) : Second-brood crawlers began to 
appear July 20 at Vincennes, on apple, peach, etc. Since 
August 1 crawlers have been produced in large numbers 
daily. In orchards where poor control was obtained last 
winter, branches are beginning to die, and the fruit is 
badly spotted, 
J* J. Davis (August 22): T7ith the new lubricating oils, 
as well as miscible oils, orchardists are making headway 
against the scale. There still remain, however, many 
serious infestations, but -most of the orchardists are 
alive to the situation ar.a will stress dormant oil spraying 
the coming season. Until lasjr year the scale was not 
recognized as a serious pest on peach, but this year several 
peach orchards have become alarmingly infested. 
W. P # PlinU (July 26): 2?he season thus far has been very 
favorable to the increase of this insect and it is showing 
in large numbers on fruit, branches, and leaves of poorly 
sprayed orchards. 
EUROPEAN RED MITE ( Paratetranychu s pilosus C. & P.) 
A. I. Bourne (August 23): The European red mite is 
apparently normally abundant generally, with occasional 
regions of slightly greater abundance. The protracted dry 
spell which persisted up to the early and middle part of the 
month was very favofable to their rapid increase, and from 
some sections of the State estimates of these mites being 
much more abundant, up to twice as many as last year, have 
been sant in. A rather curious fact in connection with 
this pest is that on a block of trees which had "been given 
