Office of the Historian

Mr. White to Mr. Hay.

Embassy of the United States,
Berlin, February 20, 1899.
No. 756.]

Sir: Referring to previous correspondence, I have the honor to inform you that a note has to day been received from the German foreign office, in which it is stated that living San Jose scale have been found in the following instances:

(1)
On September 30, 1898, in a shipment of fresh California pears, brought by the steamer Fürst Bismarck from New York, imported at Hamburg.
(2)
On November 21, 1898, in a shipment of fresh Newton Pippins, brought by the steamer Brasilia from New York, imported at Hamburg.
(3)
On December 3, 1898, in a shipment of fresh Ben Davis apples, from Newport News, brought by the steamer Albano to Hamburg.
(4)
On December 5, 1898, in a shipment of fresh Newton Pippins, brought from New York to Hamburg in the steamer Pretoria.

In the same note it is stated that in most of the reports in regard to the finding of San Jose scale in American fruit, no mention is made as to whether the scale was alive or dead. No reply has as yet been made to the request for information as to whether living scale have been found upon dried fruit.

I am, etc.,

And. D. White.