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  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  kind 
  of 
  fruit 
  growth 
  affected 
  with 
  any 
  infectious 
  disease 
  or 
  

   insects 
  injurious 
  to 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  fruit, 
  or 
  propagate 
  the 
  same, 
  or 
  

   offer 
  the 
  same 
  for 
  sale, 
  or 
  in 
  any 
  way 
  distribute 
  or 
  attempt 
  to 
  

   distribute 
  the 
  same 
  in 
  the 
  State." 
  

  

  All 
  fruit 
  trees, 
  etc., 
  as 
  aforesaid, 
  brought 
  into 
  this 
  State 
  for 
  

   sale 
  or 
  distribution, 
  shall 
  be 
  properly 
  labeled 
  with 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  

   owner, 
  agent, 
  shipper 
  or 
  grower, 
  the 
  locality 
  where 
  grown, 
  and 
  

   be 
  subject 
  to 
  the 
  inspection 
  of 
  the 
  Entomologist 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   Horticultural 
  Experiment 
  Station, 
  

  

  The 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  Entomologist 
  is 
  defined 
  to 
  be, 
  by 
  the 
  request 
  

   of 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  such 
  station, 
  to 
  visit 
  any 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  State^ 
  

   when 
  such 
  visit 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  without 
  expense 
  to 
  it, 
  where 
  there 
  

   are 
  diseased 
  fruit 
  trees 
  or 
  insects 
  injurious 
  to 
  tree 
  growth, 
  to 
  

   examine 
  and 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  same, 
  and 
  if 
  the 
  examination 
  proves 
  

   the 
  infected 
  trees 
  perniciously 
  infected, 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  

   owner, 
  agent 
  or 
  possessor 
  of 
  such 
  diseased 
  fruit 
  trees 
  or 
  infected 
  

   tree 
  growth 
  to 
  at 
  once 
  disinfect 
  or 
  destroy 
  the 
  same. 
  (Laws 
  1894^ 
  

   No. 
  129.) 
  

  

  MARYLAND. 
  

  

  " 
  A 
  State 
  horticultural 
  department 
  is 
  established 
  for 
  the 
  

   State 
  of 
  Maryland; 
  its 
  purpose 
  Is 
  to 
  suppress 
  or 
  eradicate 
  the 
  San 
  

   Jose 
  scale, 
  peach 
  yellow^s, 
  pear 
  blight 
  and 
  other 
  injuriously 
  dan- 
  

   gerous 
  insect 
  pests 
  and 
  plant 
  diseases. 
  

  

  The 
  said 
  horticultural 
  department 
  shall 
  be 
  under 
  the 
  con- 
  

   trol 
  of 
  the 
  trustees 
  of 
  the 
  Agricultural 
  College 
  and 
  Experiment 
  

   Station. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  made 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  said 
  officers 
  to 
  seek 
  out 
  and 
  sup- 
  

   press 
  all 
  pernicious 
  insect 
  pests 
  and 
  contagious 
  diseases 
  hereinbe- 
  

   fore 
  mentioned 
  as 
  destructive 
  to 
  horticultural 
  and 
  agricultural 
  

  

  interests 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  Should 
  any 
  insect 
  or 
  disease 
  be 
  found 
  capable 
  of 
  being 
  eradi- 
  

   cated 
  without 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  the 
  tree 
  or 
  plant, 
  they 
  shall 
  cause 
  

  

  