THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



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point ■\vorlliy of note is the very small niniibci- coiii])aratively of the 

 shipments of horticultural material coming into California which show, 

 by any of the conditions of packing, marking or billing, that an attempt 

 had been made to evade the horticultural regulations. 



One such case which came recently to the attention of the quarantine 

 officers operating in Los Angeles possesses, in the mind of the writer, 

 such interest and importance as to justify the publication of the same 



Fig. 51. — Florida grapefruit infected witli Phoviopsis citri. taken by 

 tlie quarantine officers at Los Angeles, February 24, 1916. Note 

 method of packing. (Plioto by C. H. Vary.) 



with the recommendation that it receive the careful consideration of 

 every reader of the ]\Ionthly Bulletin who is interested in the fruit 

 industry of the State. 



Billed as apples from Salt Lake City, Utah, the barrel herewith 

 illustrated contained two layers of apples at top and bottom respec- 

 tively, the remaining space being filled with Florida grapefruit badly 

 atfected with the fungous disease known as ]Melanose (Phumopsis citri), 

 protected from the possible intrusion of the inspector on the sides by 

 layer after layer of apples carefully packed between the grapefruit and 



