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those flat-headed borers are found in any stock the stock is thrown out. 

 There is no reason in the world why an entire nursery should have 

 their stock condemned because it happens that a few flat-head borers 

 have been found on the trees. One thing further, I want to say, is 

 that I think the only position the inspectors ought to take is that we 

 are notified that we have these infested trees before these trees are 

 condemned. The nurserymen should be notified of it, but I do not 

 think because a certain pest is found in a nursery that the entire stock 

 should be condemned. 



Mr. Bloomer. "What about the Japanese nurseries? The Japanese 

 are growing millions of trees in this State, and a large number of 

 responsible nurseries, and also the other kind, are buying trees from 

 these Japanese. Now, how about these Japanese nurseries, Mr. Roed- 

 ing ? Do they belong to the Nurserymen 's Association 1 

 Mr. Roeding. I do not know of any that do. 

 Mr. Bloomer. Do you buy trees from those Japanese nurseries'? 

 Mr. Roeding. Sometimes I make contracts to have trees grown. 

 Mr, Bloomer. Did you ever find trees infested with red or purple 

 scale that thej^ had grown ? 



Mr. Roeding. I do not know anything about that. 

 IMr. Bloomer. Is there anything in the by-laws of your association 

 that would prevent you from buying stock from the Japanese nurseries 1 

 Mr. Roeding. We haven 't anything to that effect in our association 

 that I know of. 



Mr. Bloomer. You ought to have. You ought to organize among 

 .yourselves and agree not to buy infested stock. You have an agency in 

 Sacramento that has your sign of the Fancher Creek Nurseries. That 

 man in charge there buys trees from five or six other nurseries, and 

 he has had trees condemned, and yet he is selling under the name of the 

 Fancher Creek Nurseries, and buying stock from anybody, and you 

 get the credit for some of it. You want to clean up among yourselves. 

 The nurserymen want to get down to where they won't buy infested 

 trees from these nurseries who are trying to sell unclean stock. 



Mr. Roeding. My idea is that more will be accomplished by the 

 nurserymen getting into clo.ser contact with the county commissioners 

 so that they will understand each other. I made the statement in my 

 paper that there would always be more or less of a conflict on this one 

 subject, and there is ahsolutely no question but that there always will 

 be. California possesses wonderful climatic conditions, and its great 

 soil conditions will develop, and has already developed, a greater 

 variety of fruit than any other state in the Union, and that alone will 

 cause it to have a greater variety of pests no doubt than any other 

 state in the Union. California is far advanced even to-day in the com- 

 bating of pests, not only in modern methods of spraying, but also by 

 the introduction of predaceous and parasitic insects, and in my mind 

 she will always continue along these lines, because California, more so 

 even than the other Pacific coast northern states and territories, has 



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