The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-30
SCALE INSECTS.
The Juneberry Infested With the Scale
at Isle of Hope.

The Juneberry Infested With the Scale
at Isle Of Hope.
Agricultural Editor MORNING News :
The following article clipped from col
umn Items of Interest" in the MORNING.
NEWS of Sunday last is 1 think of suffi-
Gent interest to fruit growers in Georgia
10 warrant its transfer to your columns
with some additional remarks by the
writer:
The insect known as the San Jose scale,
which for a long time was the pest of the
fruit growers of the Pacific coast, threat
ems to become equally destructive in the
east. 1t appeared in Virginia last year,
being found on peach trees, and a month
AGO was discovered in Charles county,
MARYLAND, and at De Funiak Springs.
Fla The suppOsition is that the scale
was INTRODUCED in young trees sent east
by the California nurseries The Black
Tartarian cherry is probably the only de-
ciduOus tree that escapes the ravages of
this insect. Mr.. L.O. Howard, acting en-
tomologist of the department of agricul-
ture. gives the Baltimore Sun the follow
ing account Of the scale: The insect it.
self is a small, fiat, round scale, a little
lighter in color than the bark of the tree,
and viii be found most abundantly upon
the Younger limbs and twigs. 1t
is at this season of the year about one
eighth of an inch or less in diameter, and
there is in the middle of each scale a
small, elevated shiny, blacklist, rounded
point Sometimes the center of the
scale appears yellowish. The wood I'M
derneath the scale is apt to be discolored
and somewhatpurplish. When the insect
Sc al "a ha ri &c falr
den by close layer of these scales, which
are then hardly distinguishable to the
naked eye and give the appearance of a
slight dlsC0lOrauOn, or slight roughening
OF The bark. No other scale upon apple
pear peach, cherry, or plum trees
possesses these characteristics, and the
insect ought, therefore, to be readily dis
tingUiShed. The full-grown insect is
motlouless. The young animals are
active crawlers, but even the young
would not crawl more than 100 feet in
their lite time. They are, however, car
rled from orchard to orchard by insects
upon which they have crawled and by
BIRDS which fly from tree to tree. " The
department has prepared several washes
10 be used at various stages of the blight
caused by the scale. If a tree has become
thoroughly incrusted, it is recommended
tlaJ the tree be cut down and burned
Mr. Howard says that if this enemy is
not theoretically treated at the start it
threatens to cripple the entire fruit
growing interests of the United States.
The eastern states have no laws regu-
Iatng the traffic in diseased nursery
STOCK and unless laws are specially en-
dcleu 10 protect fruit-growers, serious
consequences may be developed.
Growing IN my front yard have bush,
OF pant, about six feet high, of variety
SOFA Oy northern nurserymen and known
dS JuheOerry.' IL bears a small. white
OlOssom like the huckleberry, and has a
Haru' lnslpid, mealy berry that ripen late
III autumn. This bush "Juneberry' is
identical in leaf and berry with the old
lllle Parkle, or partel berry, that grows
wiz III the woods around Savannah.
ms 'Juneberry' is only one Of several
instances OF northern nurserymen getting
Aolu OF some of our wild berries. fruits
ana lowers, cultivaUing and notwithstanding
One"l' ana then Offering them for sale as
great novelties
PuJ TO return to my bush and the
SSG.G insect. Last spring l noticed its
" IeaHess condition. and on eXamin-
"s Vue push closely | found every limb
covered with small barnacles or protuber-
~aDtS' so, by way Of experiment, l pre-
IGieu d strong kerosene emulsion with
Huale OIL soap and sprayed it thoroughly.
a a HoH,h later it was in full bloom and
tHe scales had dried up and most all of
1leu mad dropped off; those that re-
ateileu scraped off. Upon reading the
I 'l'le III lhe MORNING NEWS of the San
%%oS5 scale l remembered my parkleberry
tba 9il3 ana wondered if my insects were
S Ene SIMON pure imported scale. NV stock
bo" ever, was not imported, as my bush
- oeeh growing in the same spot under
I1 ,-n-e magnolia tree for the past nine
go ana never noticed the scales on it
- - r. nor is there another tree or shrub
N"@ mas any infection.
f,i l,UoN.ng over my berry bush today.
sSo'lo IL growing finely and in bloom.
a. '' ,,li. aretul search found only a few
Io-1S Georgia scale bugs, and have IN
al.roa mem TO you. They do not fully
IT, ~ shape with the description of
' yIe scale insect, but if not scale buqs
"Hal are they2
faitEE experience only strengthens nv
i ina. III lne virtue and necessity of spray
cr-. "HS ItlJ trees if we would secure
tber s W. peaches, apples or plums. hope
fio, o.eS may reach you in such condi-
caI 80 ~9 10 allow you, or some entomologi-
'''no' TO determine their nature.
f. II. T.
Wbf.L -AN Idullly OF Jne COcCl0R. TO
s "uleh the scale belongs. is composed Of
Trer, genera and numerous species
canE,. are found everywhere. But re-
For.A new scale was discovered in
T5 'U" lIIesting the plum.
affar, SPecImens you sent we mislaid
them tt lance and before we could view
br, through the microscope. We have
We NE knowledge of this insect, bnt
leca1i,i',uIH those sent were a species of
co.9rs 1 a.. These insects are Of various
TLa .Ae most common grayish white.
wlar sg.1,,dle has no wings. The male.
T.e -lliy developed. has two wings
its ag 5g.laie shrinks up after depositing
las Ssp3Iayng with the kerosene emulsion
eggs II0ed by YOU and lust after the
Tba "f1.e Matched is the remedy.
COM, alllIefature on the subject is limited
trasi.r.t aslVely, but we shall. before long.
iue tJs some useful information concern
boco,aa,s yale, for this insect promises to
anv l'.. serious matter. Have YOU noted
heIis,,i,'le on the oleander2 Lecanium
plants ian is common on garden