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President Miller in Milton on the 26th, and during that week I 

 inspected orchards in the vicinity of Freewater and Milton. 



I find the San Jose scale is being subdued to a great ex- 

 tent, as nearly all orchardists are spraying for it thoroughly, 

 but there is almost nothing being done to exterminate the 

 codling moth, and I was informed that it was very hard to ob- 

 tain an apple in that section last season that was not infested 

 with a moth. It is a bad state of affairs, and the people are 

 apparently of the opinion that it is useless to spray for it. I 

 also found strong indications of apple canker in some of the 

 orchards. 



In and around Pendleton the orchards are mostly small and 

 in good condition. At La Grande and Union the orchards are 

 in good shape, about the only disease noticeable being crater 

 blight on pears. 



I was greatly surprised a few days since to find a young 

 orchard in Cove literally ruined with apple canker. The trees 

 came from the Willamette Valley and were planted three years 

 ago. Fully fifty per cent, are now dead, and twenty-five per 

 cent, dying. 



JUDD GEER, 

 Commissioner Third District. 



FINAL REPORT. 



FIFTH DISTRICT. 



Cove, Oregon, October 27, 1900. 



To the President and Members of the State Board of Horticulture: 



Gentlemen : Permit me herewith to present to you my 

 first biennial report : 



The fifth district comprises the counties of Umatilla, Union, 

 Wallowa, Baker, Malheur, Grant, and Harney. In extent it 

 embraces nearly half the territory of the state. Mr. Schanno, 

 the commissioner of the fourth district, very kindly consented 

 to relieve me of the work in Grant County, and as it adjoined 

 his district the board decided that it was advisable to give 

 that portion of my work over to him. 



My commission dates from April, 1898, hence my work ex- 

 tends over a period of one and one-half years. During that 



