SAN JOSE SCALE.
OUTBREAK. TRACED.TO' A' BACK; YARD. f '.It,. •'«is " now. stated':that'.■ tKe," recentlydiscovered: prevalence .of: the San Jose sealq pe6t of fruit ;tvecs;,ih ;Nolson'. orchards' can with; considerable certainty ,be . traced ;to a backyard which. formerly ■ was p>art of a garderior's section.' ,'Somo" years ~ ago," "Mr." Kirk (the-Biologist) tells us—in the days before -there -was. any. Orchard Pests "Act—or any orchard inspectors—a ,Nelsori gardener imported a number of packages 'of trees ;of various kinds from Japan, and planted them' in. his garden. . ;; In tho .coUrso ■ of iirhim' : development' the! land frontage; .was built on, but some of the'plants remained'in the newly-subdivided back gardens. '. ■ Here the .nomologist!' Mr. Blackmore,'' had- now : exam-' ined and lound the pest 'still thriving;. It is understood that the' importer in ques-' tion shared nvith persons in. Wellington.and cisowhoro these; consignments from .. Japan, and it appears likely that the ; pest may have reached other quarters ,in the same way.-'' 'But, at all .'events, the fact that the scale has spread so-lit'tlo in the year's which followed .rau'sSmake the chances, of complete eradication'appear-very bright; ,
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 250, 15 July 1908, Page 3
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179SAN JOSE SCALE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 250, 15 July 1908, Page 3
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