Fruit Production in New York 1353 



Laws for the protection of fruit growers in tho State of New 

 York have been passed and are enforcible by the Department of 

 Agriculture. Nurserymen can not ship any nursery stock unless 

 they have attached to each package a copy of a valid certificate 

 of inspection issued to them by the Commissioner of Agriculture 

 of the State. The inspection of the nurseries in the State in- 

 volves almost the constant attention of a large number of inspect- 

 ors. Over 550 certificates were issued in 1911 on nurseries em- 

 bracing 9,121 acres of land and containing nearly 100,000,000 

 trees and plants. 



The nurservmen of tho State are not growing an excess over 

 their annual average for tho past few years, but last year's re- 

 ports show the amount growing as follows : 



11,000,000 apple, 1,170,000 apricot, 



Y,80O,00O pear, 7,000,000 currant, 



8,600,000 plum, 16,000,000 grape vines, 



10,700,000 cherry, 20 acres of small fruits and 



9,000,000 peach, millions of ornamental 



1,500,000 quince, trees and shrubs. 



Importers and those who bring nursery stock into the State 

 report the facts to the Commissioner of Agriculture who causes 

 inspection to be made at the point of destination. No nursery 

 stock can be planted or distributed until authority is given. This 

 authority is withheld until inspectors report apparent freedom 

 from insect pests or fungous diseases. The importance of this 

 requirement of the law is shown by the results in the past three 

 years during which time an annual average of 10,000 shipments, 

 embracing 30,000 boxes and packages and containing over 17,- 

 000,000 trees and plants, have been carefully inspected at points 

 of destination within the State. In the past three years, 31,414 

 trees were found infected with San Jose scale and were destroyed 

 or reshipped out of the State; 10,972 nests of browm-tail moths 

 containing an average of 300 live caterpillars, and 13 ^g^ masses 

 of gipsy moth were discovered and burned. Several shipments 

 were received from abroad containing pine trees infected by 

 blister rust. 



The fact that gipsy brown-tail moths and blister rust are not 



