58 Report of State Board of Horticulture. 



Inspectors Eisman of Josephine, Stearns of Klamath, and Smith 

 of Lake Counties, have done much s;ood work toward cleaning the 

 orchards of their respective counties and enforcing the horticultural 

 laws. 



With increased acreage planted in the larger counties of the 

 Third District, one inspector to police each county will he a physical 

 impossihility, and some provision in the law should he made 

 so additional inspectors could he appointed, on petition of the fruit 

 growers. 



Public sentiment is the prime factor in the enforcement of all 

 our horticultural laws. The majority of our fruit growers are in 

 accord with the strict enforcement of the laws, but the thoughtless 

 and negligent will not bestow the necessary labor to destroy insect 

 pests and fungous diseases unless someone with authority of law 

 compels them to. 



CODLING MOTH. 



The results had the past two years in spraying with arsenate of 

 lead for the apple worm in my district have been very satisfactory 

 to all apple growers. In many apple orchards, where the spraying 

 was done carefully, the loss from wormy apples was less than 2 

 per cent. 



CROP ESTIMATES. 



Owing to unfavorable conditions in 1908, the fruit output for 

 the two years of 1907 and 1908 does not show the increase either in 

 quantity or total which would have been made under normal con- 

 ditions. The spring of 1908 was cold and backward and unfavor- 

 able to the distribution of pollen and many trees which bloomed 

 heavily did not set fruit. The light precipitation of last winter was 

 followed by a drought during the spring and summer unequalled in 

 the record of "the oldest settler." As a result of these untoward 

 conditions the fruit crop this year has been very short. 



PRODUCTION AND VALUE — 1907 AND 1908. 



The amounts of the commercial crops of the different fruits by coun- 

 ties for the Third District for the years 1907 and 1908 have been as 

 follows : 



Douglas County. 



1907. 1908. 



Apples, boxes 40,000 20,000 



Pears, boxes 10,000 6,000 



Peaches, boxes 75,000 50,000 



Prunes, cured, pounds 5,000,000 4,000,000 



Peaches, dried, pounds 15,000 10,000 



Strawberries, 24-box crates 15,000 10,000 



Blackberries, crates 8,000 6,000 



