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Show Watch for an Invasion of the San Jose Scale The San Jose scale Is again making inronds Into orchni-ds. The great activity of nurserymen and orchardists orchard-ists In combating the scale several years ago, practically eliminated the pest as a menace to fruit growing. Lately, however, vigilance has been relaxed to (he extent that the scale Is again becoming a serious nhim, in many orchards. Fruit growers are urged to be on the look-out for badly infested trees as they prune their orchards. The twigs and small branches of severely infested trees have a grayish, scurvy look, which mny extend even to the mnin branches. By marking such trees, special attention enn be given to them when the spraying is done. Spraying with lime-sulphur at n strength of one part lime-sulphur to eight parts of water early tha SJn,"' fS the bnds b'" t0 swell. 1" hold the scale In check, it is said. Trees which have been marked as having a heavy Infestation should receive extra careful spraying in the |