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ornamental, nine-tenths of which is produced by A. Miller 

 & Sons, who have been in the nursery business since ths 

 year 1878. 



I found when I entered the field as fruit inspector of this 

 county that I had a big responsibility upon me, and one that 

 would require the co-operation of the growers and shippers 

 to get the best results, which I am glad to say I have had 

 with very few exceptions; and those who opposed spraying iii 

 the spring tell me that thej^ are going to spray more thor- 

 oughly in the coming seasons than ever before, and that they 

 will insist that the law be enforced more rigidly than ever 

 before, both as to spraying and the sale of infected fruit. 



Quite a number of the orchardists used arsenate of lead, 

 two and one-half to three pounds to fifty gallons of water, 

 for codling moth, with the best results ever shown in the 

 county. 



I notice that it pays to prune, cultivate, then spray and 

 pack your fruit well, and I am sure you will grow good 

 marketable fruit, and drive the insects from your own or- 

 chards to that of your neighbor who does not spray. 



Now, in regard to the San Jose scale in this county, it is 

 more prevalent this season than in the past. We all sprayed 

 with the lime-sulphur spray as given in the Bulletin No. 4. 

 It may be owing to discontinuing the use of salt, or a poor 

 quality of lime and sulphur. I would suggest that the State 

 Board of Horticulture recommend some brand of spraying 

 material that will stand the test, and be labeled as to its 

 purity as the law prescribes, as it seems unfair to deprive a 

 grower selling his products, who has complied with the in- 

 spection law, and finds too late the spraying material adul- 

 terated. 



This last season has brought the need of a system of pre- 

 serving fruit, and probably a vinegar factory, very forcibly 

 to the minds of the thinking people of the county, as the 

 operation of our inspection laws leaves many tons of fruit 

 that now go to waste, which might and should be made to 

 bring returns to the producer. 



However, this amount will be reduced to a large extent with 

 the better handling of the orchards in the future, but there 



