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the State of California from the aforesaid states of North Carolina, South Carolina, 

 Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, or any other section 

 known to harbor either Aleyrodes citri or Aleyrodes nuhifera, or both, shall be 

 completely defoliated and failure upon the part of the shippers or importers to 

 comply with this ruling shall result in the holding of such shipment by the state 

 quarantine authorities, subject to return or destruction at the discretion of the 

 shippers or importers. And, it is hereby further 



Provided, that orange seed and fruit pits may be received into the State of Cali- 

 fornia upon compliance with the following conditions : Every lot of orange seed 

 or fruit pits brought into the State of California from North Carolina, South Carolina, 

 ""Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, or other territory 

 infested with either Aleyrodes citri or Aleyrodes nuhifera, or both, must be enclosed 

 in a container sufficiently tight and secure to prevent the egress of these pests, should 

 any be enclosed ; and every lot of such orange seed or fruit pits must be shipped 

 to the Deputy Quarantine Officer of the California State Commissioner of Horti- 

 culture in Los Angeles or to any other person authorized in writing by the State 

 Commissioner of Horticulture to receive it. Every such lot must be delivered at 

 such freight or express office as shall be designated by said Deputy Quarantine 

 Officer, or any other authorized person, and held by him in quarantine and suffici- 

 ently treated until in his judgment the lot may be released. All expense incurred 

 in treating for disinfections of such lot of orange seed or fruit pits shall be paid 

 by the consignee or owner, and the orange seed or fruit pits shall not be released 

 until the same is paid. 



A. J. COOK, 

 State Commissioner of Horticulture. 

 Approved : 



HIRAM W. JOHNSON, 



Governor of State of California. 



QUARANTINE ORDER NO. 19. 



Sacramento, .January 31, 1913. 

 (COTTON BOLL WEEVIL.) 



Whereas, The growing of cotton has become a very important industry in this 

 state, and the area of cotton culture is rapidly growing in extent ; and 



Whereas, The cotton boll weevil (Anthnomus grandis Boh.) does not, nor ever 

 has, existed in this state ; and. 



Whereas, The cotton boll weevil (A. grandis Boh.), while not attacking the seed 

 of the cotton plant, may hibernate in small deformed bolls and in cells which are 

 very difficult to distinguish from the cotton seeds by inspection, or may be, and is 

 carried in the mass of cotton seed and is not separated from the cotton seed by the 

 process of ginning ; and, 



Whereas, According to the autliorities of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture, proper fumigation for the destruction of the cotton boll weevil (A. gran- 

 dis Boh.) in cotton seeds is a very difficult process, requiring special equipment 

 and skilled manipulation ; and, 



Whereas, The cotton growers of California now have a sufficient supply of home- 

 grown seed for all practical purposes ; therefore, it is hereby 



Ordered and declared that there be placed a quarantine upon all cotton seed 

 shipped into California from any section whatsoever, except as hereinafter stated. 

 That cotton seed be admitted for experimental purposes, the same to be sent tO' 

 the Chief Deputy State Quarantine Officer, Room 11, Ferry Building, San Fran- 

 cisco, California, to be thoroughly examined, treated and reshipped to the purchaser;, 

 it is hereby further 



Ordered and declared that Quarantine Order No. 2 be revoked. 



A. J. COOK, 

 State Commissioner of Horticulture. 



Approved : 



HIRAM W. JOHNSON, 



Governor of the State of California. 



