THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



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SAN DIEGO STATION. 



Horticultural imports. 



Parcels. 



Ships inspected 30 _^ 



Pflssed as free from pests J.Li' 



Fumigated -- 



Destroyed 1 



Returned -- 



Contraband '- 1"! 



Total parcels horticultural products for the mouth 1,292 



SANTA BARBARA STATION. 



Ships inspected 1 



No horticultural imports. 



EUREKA STATION. 

 No report. 



A FORTUNATE FIND. 



Bj' Lee a. Strong, State Horticultural Quarantine Inspector. 



Probably nothing in the annals of the Quarantine Division has served 

 to so vividly show the imminent danger and consequent disastrous 

 results of the introduction into California of the Mediterranean fruit 



Fig. 380. — Kamani nuts infested with living larvae of the 

 Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata Wied. ), des- 

 tined for planting in Southern California, but confiscated 

 and destroyed by the author. (Photo by Chattcrley. ) 



fly {Ceratitis capitata) as the following incident which occurred on the 

 arrival in San Francisco of the Oceanic Steamship Company's steamer 

 "Ventura" on April 25, 1913, from the antipodes via Honolulu, T. H. 



