. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1897. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. season, and so thoroughly does she ac- complish this that the young are safe from any applications until they emerge in early spring, at which time they can scarcely be seen without a microscope. Fig. 1082 shows the same, and to the left a male adult, greatly enlarged ; and Fig. 1083 an infested branch. These cuts will serve to identify this scale, for any one who has even a good hand microscope. The best remedy appears to be kero- sene emulsion faithfully applied in the month of May or June, at the time when the y
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1897. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. season, and so thoroughly does she ac- complish this that the young are safe from any applications until they emerge in early spring, at which time they can scarcely be seen without a microscope. Fig. 1082 shows the same, and to the left a male adult, greatly enlarged ; and Fig. 1083 an infested branch. These cuts will serve to identify this scale, for any one who has even a good hand microscope. The best remedy appears to be kero- sene emulsion faithfully applied in the month of May or June, at the time when the young have come out from under the old mother scale. In New Jersey it has been found to infest the currant bushes and the quince trees, in addition to the pear and plum, above mentioned. Indeed, where abun- dant, there is scarcely any plant or forest tree which is exempt. Once get it in Canada, and millions of dollars would not eradicate it, nor would millions equal the loss to our fruit growers. How far north it will live we do not yet know, but we do not wish to experiment with it enough to settle that question. The writer attended the meeting of the Lincoln and Welland fruit growers at St. Catharines, on Saturday, where a strong resolution was passed advocating either that all importations of fruit trees and plants from the U. S. be prohibited for a time, or else that all trees for importation be subjected to the most strict quarantine, and not permitted to cross the lines unless the sworn certifi- cate of an expert entomologist can be first secured by the shippers, at his own expense, that the stock has been thoroughly examined, and proved to be free from this scale. We would advise farmers' institutes and other farmers' gatherings throughout the land to pass similar resolutions, and submit the same to the Dept. of Agriculture as speedily as possible. The following is a copy of the resolu- tion passed at the meeting of Fruit Growers at St. Catharines, and which is approved o
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