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worthy of a certificate setting forth the freedom of such nur- 

 sery stock, trees or plants from live, injurious insect pests, 

 their eggs, larvae, pupae or fungous diseases, the said inspecting 

 officer shall then issue to the owner or owners of said nursery 

 stock, trees or plants a certificate of inspection. The con- 

 dition under which this certificate is granted is, that the party 

 or parties receiving sucli certificate shall be compelled to dis- 

 infect by fumigation with hydrocyanic acid gas, as described 

 in Rule 8, all pear and apple trees or other stock grown on 

 apple roots, after lifting the same and before delivery to pur- 

 chaser or carriers ; and in case said fumigation is neglected, 

 said certificate of inspection shall be void and of no effect. 



Passed at a meeting of the State Board of Horticulture at 

 Portland, Oregon, April 3, 1895, and amended at a regular 

 meeting of the State Board of Horticulture at Salem, Oregon, 

 October 15, A. I). 1895. 



Henry E. Dosch, Secretary, is hereby appointed quarantine 

 officer for the Port of Portland. 



Portland, Oregon, April 10, 1900. 



To the Governor, Secretary of State, and State Treasurer — 



Sirs : In accordance with the law passed at the last session 

 of the legislature, I hereby present my annual report as 

 President of the State Board of Horticulture : 



GENERAL CONDITIONS. 



This state contains many hundred old orchards, mostly 

 small home places, the fruit from which has been used for 

 home consumption and local markets. Since pests and dis- 

 eases have been increasing, these orchards have been neg- 

 lected, and as the soil is being drained of its fertility, most 

 of the old places have become little else than breeding places 

 for insects and fungi that endanger any commercial or well- 

 kept orchard in their vicinity. The fruit from most of these 

 unkept trees is of little value even for home consumption, 

 excepting cherries, and where these old trees have been found 

 infested in proximity to clean orchards, the commissioners 

 have enforced the law, and had them cleaned or taken out 

 entirely. From now on a more vigorous policy must be pur- 

 sued, and all unkept places must be trimmed and kept clean, 

 or taken out entirely. 



