SAN JOSE SCALE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 153, 27 June 1908, Page 7

SAN JOSE SCALE.

» .—. - NO NEED FOR ALARM" "-"■"- ---. _--7T Mr_Boucher, Government Pomologi'st, who returned from the south' this morning, was interviewed' by a "Star?' reporter respecting the .San.'Jose scale, which, fortunately, .appears"fo-'-beT 'confined to the Neiaon.district;... "-\]vr Asked, by. whit tneafis .the..pest might spread, Mr. Boucher said that the scale when first hatchedJwasLt'efjrsmall, Ibtfi quite active. "When'on the ' ffioyeTJit'. is quite, possible for these sinall"l)jsects.. to erawl--on-the legs _of bees,, .flies,..or birds which may aliglit upon' wifecten 1 trees, and in this way ffbih tree to tree in an orchard, or from one orehardto another;"- fi -•— ■• ' _"■". ' ""So far," continued have seen hone"~6'f "mis pest in lSTbrfch Island districts.- Boweyar,—a- very-care-ful investigation will be made during the next few months. I see- no occasion for alarm at present, as, if discoyered when the infection, is just cohuhencing, such a pest may he brbughTunder control, and ptoba l blyje&tarely"..ei^icalei* < - r "' "'-' Mr. Boucher gave the treatment that should this scale on deciduous trees, the lime, salt, and sulphur wash lid's' been proved by Califomian or'chardistr, to be ah effective remedy. - This Jspra'yingVcompound is now being very generally used by the orchardists of the Dcmiuioh for the control of mussel scale." ' J. T _