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March  3,  1  ’.>23 
The  Vaughan  Cucumber 
BEYOND  comparison,  this  variety  is  the  finest  table  cucumber  that  can  be 
grown  outdoors  in  America.  It  reaches  the  highest  point  yet  attained  in  the 
qualities  that  are  esteemed  both  in  the  market  and  on  the  table. 
LENGTH — It  grows  quickly  to  12  or  14  inches  when  still  immature,  and  still 
retaining  the  highest  table  quality. 
SLENDERNESS — In  form  it  is  ideal,  its  greatest  diameter  never  exceeding  one 
quarter  of  its  length.  Its  smooth,  slender,  half-grown  fruits  make  delicious 
pickles. 
COLOR — A  cool,  dark  green,  with  almost  no  spines,  making  it  an  instant  seller 
in  the  market,  as  its  color  is  a  guarantee  of  the  qualities  of  tenderness, 
freshness,  crispness,  which  are  esteemed  by  buyers. 
SEEDLESSNESS — If  tihs  variety  has  a  fault  from  the  seedsman’s  standpoint,  it 
lies  in  its  small  production  of  seeds.  The  core  is  very  small  and  the  seeds 
mature  slowly.  This  is  of  the  greatest  advantage  to  market  growers. 
Price  prepaid  per  Packet,  15c;  oz.,  50c. 
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The  San  Jose  Scale  Again  on  the  Increase 
The  Pest  Returns. — Not  many  fruit 
growers  need  to  be  introduced  to  the  San 
Jose  scale,  and  most  fruit  growers  have 
looked  forward  to  the  time  when  they 
could  forget  that  they  had  ever  met  the 
pest.  Some  of  us  have  thought  during 
the  past  three  or  four  years  that  the  San 
Jose  scale  had  done  its  worst,  and  that 
perhaps  it  would  never  become  prominent 
in  t  ho  East  again.  But  evidently  we  have 
dreamed  in  vain,  and  have  been  lulled 
perhaps  into  a  false  sense  of  security, 
for  apparently  the  scale  is  coming  back 
again  in  much  of  its  old-time  vigor  and 
destructiveness,  at  least  in  some  local¬ 
ities,  and  is  showing  a  tendency  to  do  so 
in  other  regions.  If  we  knew  exactly 
why  this  insect  subsided  for  a  time,  and 
why  it  now  shows  a  tendency  to  increase 
again,  we  might  be  able  to  fight  it  more 
effectively. 
Some  Probable  Reasons.  —  Nearly 
everyone  in  New  York  and  New  England 
has  agreed  in  admitting  that  the  San  Jose 
scale  has  been  less  abundant  and  less  in¬ 
jurious  for  tiie  past  few  years,  but  no  one 
has  been  ready  to  say  definitely  why  the 
insect  subsided  when  it  did.  It  is  sub¬ 
ject  to  the  attacks  of  many  enemies, 
among  which  are  the  pitiful  ladybird,  a 
small,  convex,  black  beetle,  and  f lie  twice- 
stabbed  ladybird,  a  small  black  beetle 
with  two  red  spots  on  its  back.  These 
ladybird  beetles  may  be  found  feeding  on 
the  scale  in  nearly  every  locality  in  which 
infested  trees  are  found.  In  addition  to 
these  ladybirds  there  are  at  least  18  kinds 
of  wasp-like  parasites  that  attack  the 
San  Jose  scale.  The  percentage  of  indi¬ 
vidual  scales  killed  by  the  parasites  varies 
greatly  in  different  localities  in  different 
seasons.  Anywhere  from  10  to  00  per 
cent  of  the  scales  may  be  killed  by  the 
parasites,  but  the  remaining  percentage 
of  unaffected  scales  is  enough  to  provide 
for  an  increase  in  injurious  numbers.  In 
fact,  the  work  of  all  these  enemies  to¬ 
gether  is  not  sufficient  to  hold  the  scale  in 
entire  subjection,  although  they  must  hav 
contributed  more  than  usual  to  the  good 
work  during  recent  years.  Certainly  the 
parasites  seem  to  be  more  in  evidence  in 
the  East  during  the  past  few  years  than 
formerly.  In  addition  to  the  work  of  the 
parasites  the  shorter  Summer  seasons  of 
late  years,  at  least  in  New  York  State, 
appear  to  have  had  some  effect  in  check¬ 
ing  the  increase  of  the  scale.  The  insect 
has  not  had  time  during  some  of  these 
short  seasons  to  produce  more  than  one 
full  generation  and  a  partial  second 
Thus  it  has  lacked  favorable  temperature 
conditions  for  any  great  increase  in  num¬ 
bers.  But  whatever  the  factors  were  that 
contributed  to  hold  the  scale  in  check 
for  a  time,  they  are  apparently  not  as 
effective  at  present,  for  the  scale  has  cer¬ 
tainly  been  abundant  and  injurious  dur¬ 
ing  the  past  season  in  many  orchards, 
and  the  wise  grower  will  take  action 
against  the  insect  this  Spring  if  it  is 
showing  up  again  on  his  trees. 
Reasons  for  Past  Failures  in  Con¬ 
trol. — The  Illinois  Experiment  Station, 
in  a  recent  attempt  to  determine  the 
causes  underlying  the  failures  to  control 
the  San  Jose  scale  in  that  State,  came  to 
the  interesting  conclusion  that  the  main 
reasons  for  the  lack  of  success  in  check¬ 
ing  the  insect  seem  to  be  (1)  the  applica¬ 
tion  of  too  small  quantities  of  the  liquid, 
and  (2)  failure  to  spray  carefully  and 
cover  all  of  the  infested  portions  of  the 
tree.  A  third  reason  for  failure  in  some 
cases  may  have  been  the  use  of  improp¬ 
erly  diluted  and  consequently  too  weak 
mixtures.  The  Oregon  Experiment  Sta¬ 
tion  lias  shown  that  in  order  to  get  the 
best  results  in  spraying  for  the  San  .Tos6 
scale  when  the  tree  is  dormant,  a  tree  12 
years  old  should  receive  4*4  gallons  of 
spray  material,  and  a  tree  15  years  old 
about  seven  gallons.  At  this  same  rate  a 
tree  25  years  old  should  receive  between 
13  and  14  gallons  of  lime-sulphur  spray, 
while  older  trees  would  demand  propor¬ 
tionately  larger  amounts.  These  figures 
afford  a  basis  by  which  one  can  form 
some  idea  of  the  thoroughness  with  which 
infested  trees  should  be  sprayed.  The 
application,  however,  of  large  amounts  of 
liquid  will  not  necessarily  insure  success. 
All  parts  of  the  tree  must  be  covered,  the 
under  sides  as  well  as  the  upper  sides  of 
the  branches,  and  especially  the  tips  of 
the  limbs.  The  scales  are  apt  to  infest 
the  ends  of  succulent  branches,  where 
they  become  more  or  less  hidden  among 
the  fuzzy  growth  of  hairs,  and  where  the 
liquid  is  liable  not  to  reach  the  insects 
unless  special  care  and  high  pressures  are 
used.  Each  grower  must  take  into  ac¬ 
count  the  prevailing  winds  in  his  locality, 
and  must  decide  for  himself  when  he  can 
best  spray  to  cover  all  sides  of  the  tree, 
and  how  lie  can  best  apply  tlie  liquid  to 
all  sides  of  the  branches. 
Some  Suggestions  of  Procedure. — 
The  San  Jose  scale  in  its  attempt  to  re¬ 
turn  in  abundant  numbers  may  appear 
fairly  uniformly  over  a  whole  orchard, 
but  perhaps  more  often  it  will  re-infest 
individual  tres  throughout  an  orchard, 
and  gradually  spread  to  others  from 
these.  If  the  whole  orchard  becomes  re¬ 
infested.  of  course  all  of  the  trees  will 
need  to  be  carefully  and  thoroughly 
sprayed  this  Spring.  If  only  a  tree  here 
and  there  is  found  to  be  severely  infested 
it  will  be  well  to  mark  these  trees  as  they 
are  found  while  the  pruning  is  being 
done.  Each  tree  should  be  marked  plainly 
and  permanently,  perhaps,  by  tying  a  rag 
on  a  limb,  so  that  it  can  be  easily  found 
later  when  die  time  comes  to  spray.  Each 
of  the  ma’ked  tree--  should  be  given  an 
extra  amount  of  ma^  rm).  and  every  tvvr- 
tion  of  the  trunk  and  branches  should  be 
Gladiolus 
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Mixture  of  Top  Size  Bulbs 
TUTS  mixture  is  not  to  be  compared 
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Will  grow  easily  in  almost  any  kind 
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There  arc  no  finer  flowers  than  Gladi¬ 
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