REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE. 21 



SAN JOSE SCALE. 



This insect is to be foiiiid now in almost every orchard 

 section of the state, and in many places is doing serious 

 damage, having in some places entirely ruined good orchards 

 in two years from its first appearance. It is to be found 

 generally in most of the towns, where it attacks not only 

 fruit trees and berry bushes, but ornamental trees and shrub- 

 bery as well. 



Much good work has been done by the commissioners this 

 year in enforcing regulations in regard to sprajdng in the 

 dooryards of the principal towns and cities. A continued 

 and more rigid enforcement of these regulations will no doubt 

 be necessary in the future. 



Recent reports from Jackson County report that some enemy 

 of the scale is destroying it in that section, and orchardists 

 are encouraged with a hope that this pest my be held in 

 check. The most successful method of combating insects is 

 by the introduction of efficient enemies, and much good work 

 might be done in this way if funds were provided for this 

 purpose. The attention of the State Entomologist, Prof. A. 

 Cordley, has been called to this condition of destruction going 

 on in Jackson County amongst the scale, in the hope that if 

 the enemy is discovered, it may be introduced into other por- 

 tions of the state where the scale is doing its deadly work. 



CONDEMNATION OF FRUIT, 



Scale, scab and codling moth have become so common in 

 most parts of the state that clean fruit can no longer be grown 

 without proper spraying. During the past year fruit was so 

 scarce that a thorough execution of the law regarding selling 

 diseased fruit for home use would have prevented many 

 people from getting any fruit for family use ; and for that 

 reason the law was not strictly enforced, excepting with scaly 

 fruit. It is the intention of the board during the coming 

 year to enforce the law in every respect regarding wormy 

 and diseased fruit, and growers bringing this kind of product 

 to the markets will find it condemned and destroyed. 



In this connection I wish to report that good success in 

 keeping the codling moth in check has been achieved in many 

 large commercial orchards, where not to exceed five per cent, 

 of the fruit has been damaged. It has been accomplished, 

 however, by the closest attention as to time, method and 



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