THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 169 



NOTES FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. 



By Geo. P. Weldon, Chief Deputy State Commissioner of Horticulture. 



The following interesting report from Hortienltural Commissioner 

 F. R. ]\I. Bloomer cf Sacramento County, tells of the hortienltural 

 products inspected during- the months of November, December and 

 January, and gives a good idea of the very heavy planting of trees in 

 the county : 



Fruits, vegetables, hay and seeds (from outside of State), 257 cars. 

 Citrus fruits (from points outside of Sacramento County), 10,821 



boxes. 

 Nursery stock (deciduous fruit, ornamental trees and vines), 

 133,919. 



PESTS AND TREATMENT. 



Alfalfa seed from Utah ; fumigated 5 cars. 



Potatoes from Nevada infested wifli Ilcterodera radicicola; con- 

 dennied 9 car3. 



Lemons from Nevada infested with Lcpidosaphes heckii; con- 

 demned 55 boxes. 



Diseased with Bacterium tumcfaciens; condemned 720 trees. 



Diseased with Pscudomonas juglandis; condemned and returned 

 330 walnut trees. 



Infested with Chysohothris femorata; condemned 121 trees. 



Infested with Eriosoma lanigera; treated 7,000 trees. 



Large orders for citrus and olives have been placed, and shipments 

 are beginning to arrive. The citrus planting will be double of that of 

 last year; our groves are entirely free of LepidoaapJics beckii, Pseudo- 

 coccus citri and Chrysoniphahis mirantii, and so far very little gummosis 

 has been found. — F. li. M. Bloomer. 



F. W. Waite of El Centro is making close observations of the aphids 

 that affect barley in the Imperial Valley, to determine when it will be 

 necessary to import s^ippodamla convergcns, in an effort to control them. 

 At present the situation is not at all alarming, and prospects are for less 

 trouble than was experienced by the barley growers with this pest last 

 season. 



S. A. Pease of San Bernardino County has appointed Mr. J. B. 

 Hundley to look after the work in the Yucaipa section where a large 

 planting in apples is being done. He expects to carry on a clean-up cam- 

 paign of old apple orchards. 



D. D. Sharp, recently appointed county horticultural commissioner of 

 Riverside County, upon the discover}^ of peach tree borer, Sanninoidea 

 opalescens, near Banning, placed two inspectors at work cutting them 

 from the trees. An effort will be made to eradicate the pest. 



G. W. Harney of IMarysville reports quite heavy planting of berries 

 in his county. Tree planting is somewhat light so far; more peaches 

 have been set than any other fruits. Rice culture is receiving con- 

 siderable attention in the county and hundreds of acres are being 

 prepared for planting. 



