Report of State Board of Horticulture. 



Mr. Judd Geer reports the value of the fruit crop grown in 

 the Fifth District for the year 1906 as follows: 



Fifth District - Apples, number boxes 125,000 3 150,000 00 



Pears, number boxes 15,000 15,()UU (X) 



Peaches 20,000 00 



Prunes 30,(HI0 (K> 



Cherries 10,iJ(K) uo 



Strawberries 30,000 00 



Other fruits 45,000 00 



8 330,000 00 



These figures speak for themselves and warrant all the 

 effort that is being made to foster the industry. 



The law passed at the last session of the Legislature author- 

 orizing the appointment of county inspectors, so ably and per- 

 sistently urged by former President E. L. Smith, has proven 

 a wise measure and vastly increased the efficiency of the work 

 of the Board. Owing to the increased acreage of orchards 

 and the spread of fruit pests and diseases, the work has en- 

 tirely outgrown the capacity of the Board to handle, and the 

 relief afforded by the appointment of county inspectors was 

 very timely. All of the important fruit-growing counties 

 now have inspectors, and in every case these men are actively 

 engaged in horticultural work, and are splendidly qualified. 



A few changes in the horticulture law, made also at the 

 session of 1905, greatly strengthened the law, I give here an 

 account of the cases tried in the courts that resulted in fully 

 sustaining the law. 

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