Show DR GLEANINGS I ISAN SAN JOSE SCALE IS HARD TO ERADICATE The Tho San Jose JUlie scale shows evidence of a very vry Interesting hUng de In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Northwest at nt leant accumulating evidence seems to point to the Ihl fact that this Hits Insect Inset Is capable of developing developing develop develop- ing strains or races ras that ore are Immune to the effects of or sulphur lime sulphur says fays the aural New lew Yorker It Il Is III to prove pro c this tendency hut but It Is evident that flint where whre the scale was once nails Mils controlled hy lIy with lime sulphur lime It Is not now being held In check click with this material even e I when It Is at lit the some same strength as formerly and with Just II ni ns much care find and thoroughness as liS In former years In Jn fact wo we I e have t heard art durin during the last few years much magi complaint from growers grow frS ers In J Arkansas Illinois and anil from a afew afew few In New York that sulphur lime does dos not kill the till scale ns os It used to 10 do Can It he Le tint that Ihl this notorious pest Is III really becoming I resistant to the effects of Hine sulphur lime so 1 that we shall have ha to look for tor a n new material with which to tight fight It Only prolonged observations observations and ond experiments during the coming corning com corn ing Ilig years can answer nIlS this question Growers rowers ro In Arkansas and Illinois have already begun to 10 use oil sprays In place Iare of Ilme sulphur lime and apparently with much hotter better success In controlling controlling control control- ling the scale In New liew York however the problem of ot the scale scole does docs not seem quite so serious as os It does In the Mississippi Mis valley and this agrees with the characteristics of this Insect for tor It ft ItIs Is Js a 0 notable fact that the San Jose scale ecola varies In different regions In the virulence of Its Injuries and ond In Its resistance re rev to spray mixtures For example example ex- ex ample of ot Washington points out that the scale Is much more dim dim- cult to control In the orchards about Clarkston In the thc Snake river valley nile than thon In those In the region of ot Wenatchee Wenatchee chee In the Columbia river valley vaney |