540 THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



available to those whose business is concerned with the same, and the 

 fund of information as also the specimens accnmnlated have been 

 tabulated and filed in such a manner as to furnish a reference of value 

 to the service, the crop producers of the State and to all prospective 

 importers of plant products. 



The quarantine orders issued under authority of section 2319& of the 

 Political Code have been carefully revised and made to safely control 

 the various exigencies that have arisen in the matter of possible intro- 

 duction of insect pests and plant diseases from other states of the 

 United States. 



In tabloid form it is our opinion that during the past four years the 

 Quarantine Division of the State Commission of Horticulture has been 

 brought up to a standard approximating the State ideal of efficiency 

 and economy in all branches of its service. 

 Respectfully submitted. 



Frederick Maskew, 

 Chief Deputy Quarantine Officer, 

 State Commission of Horticulture. 



REPORT OF THE CHIEF DEPUTY STATE COMMIS- 

 SIONER OF HORTICULTURE. 



Sacramento^ Cal., November 30, 1915. 



To the Honorable A. J. Cook, State Commissioner of Horticulture, 

 Sacramento, California. 



Sir: The act relating to the State Commissioner of Horticulture, 

 approved April 26, 1911, states that the Chief Deputy "shall have 

 charge of the work in the field and shall represent the Commissioner 

 ex officio with the county horticultural commissioners when so author- 

 ized in accordance with the provisions of the law. " These specified 

 duties have made it necessary that a considerable part of his time be 

 spent in the field, and have afforded an opportunity that could scarcely 

 be excelled to study all phases of the fruit problem. Some of the work 

 accomplished will be discussed herewith very briefly. 



Requests for aid through personal visitations with the county horti- 

 cultural commissioners have been granted whenever possible, and dur- 

 ing the past two years and a half forty-four counties having the services 

 of commissioners have been visited — ^some of them many times — in 

 addition to five counties in which no commissioners are serving at the 

 present time. The variety of orchard problems confronting the com- 

 missioners has been great. In many cases the presence of injurious 

 insect pests and fungous diseases has been called to their attention, and 

 best known remedies given ; the experience of other commissioners and 

 other sections has been carried to them ; altogether the service rendered 

 has been designed to meet the needs of the various counties represented, 

 in the most efficient manner possible. 



