﻿Horticulture. 
  

  

  The 
  fruit-growing 
  industry 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  has 
  reached 
  such 
  

   great 
  proportions 
  that 
  scientific 
  study 
  of 
  insect 
  pests 
  and 
  plant 
  

   diseases 
  has 
  become 
  a 
  necessity 
  for 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  the 
  orchards 
  

   and 
  fruit 
  plantations. 
  

  

  The 
  recent 
  introduction 
  of 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  and 
  some 
  other 
  

   destructive 
  insects 
  from 
  abroad 
  and 
  the 
  insidious 
  character 
  of 
  

   fungus 
  diseases 
  and 
  the 
  evident 
  increasing 
  injuries 
  from 
  them 
  have 
  

   led 
  twenty 
  States 
  to 
  create 
  boards 
  of 
  horticulture, 
  and 
  State 
  en- 
  

   tomologists 
  or 
  authorized 
  commissioners 
  of 
  agriculture 
  to 
  in- 
  

   vestigate 
  plant 
  diseases 
  and 
  insect 
  pests, 
  and 
  have 
  given 
  them 
  

   powder 
  to 
  suppress 
  or 
  prevent 
  the 
  spread 
  of 
  such 
  as 
  are 
  dangerously 
  

   injurious. 
  

  

  Brief 
  synopses 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  are 
  as 
  follows, 
  reference 
  being 
  had 
  

   to 
  the 
  chapters 
  and 
  years 
  for 
  more 
  complete 
  information. 
  

  

  ALABAMA. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  when 
  informed 
  

   of 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  disease 
  among 
  fruit 
  likely 
  to 
  permanently 
  in- 
  

   jure 
  or 
  destroy 
  the 
  orchards 
  or 
  fruit 
  crops 
  to 
  cause 
  a 
  sample 
  of 
  

   such 
  diseased 
  tree 
  to 
  be 
  sent 
  to 
  him 
  or 
  to 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  agricultu- 
  

   ral 
  experiment 
  stations 
  in 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  cause 
  the 
  same 
  to 
  be 
  

   thoroughly 
  examined 
  and 
  a 
  written 
  report 
  furnished 
  to 
  him 
  regard- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  same. 
  

  

  Section 
  2 
  requires 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  diseased 
  trees 
  to 
  destroy 
  them, 
  

   but 
  he 
  shall 
  first 
  be 
  permitted 
  to 
  show, 
  if 
  he 
  can, 
  that 
  such 
  disease 
  

   does 
  not, 
  in 
  fact, 
  exist 
  or 
  is 
  not 
  dangerous 
  to 
  the 
  orchards 
  or 
  fruit 
  

   crops 
  in 
  his 
  section. 
  (Laws 
  1897, 
  Xo. 
  502.) 
  

  

  