Show A pest from the pacific coast california fruit growers have been loudly complaining lor for some soffie time past of what is termed the cottony cushion scale for which they seem so far to have found no antidote and they claim that it is constantly spreading year after year it has also made its appearance pe arance in this territory but as yet is limited to certain localities it appears at a distance like white frost in small isolated patches on the leaves and limbs of the dand is found most plentiful on the apple trees on close inspection underneath the white fuz will be found small red bugs in various stages of development that these are injurious to the tree cannot be doubted and it if we desire to maintain the good reputation of our fruit something will have to be done to check the ravages of this invader any one having a knowledge of an effectual remedy for this evil should certainly make it public |