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  spect 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  orchards 
  during 
  the 
  fruit-growing 
  season, 
  and 
  

   see 
  that 
  spraying 
  is 
  done 
  as 
  is 
  required 
  by 
  the 
  regulations 
  of 
  the 
  

   board, 
  wherever 
  insects, 
  pests 
  or 
  diseases, 
  injurious 
  to 
  tree 
  or 
  

   fruit, 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  found. 
  He 
  is 
  to 
  visit 
  the 
  principal 
  fruit 
  shipping 
  

   points 
  during 
  the 
  shipping 
  season, 
  inspect 
  the 
  fruit 
  shipped, 
  and 
  

   prevent 
  the 
  shipment 
  of 
  insect 
  and 
  pest-infected 
  fruit. 
  He 
  is 
  to 
  

   give 
  public 
  notice, 
  through 
  the 
  press, 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  his 
  visit 
  to 
  

   each 
  county 
  one 
  week 
  in 
  advance 
  of 
  his 
  coming, 
  receive 
  com- 
  

   plaints 
  of 
  fruit 
  growers, 
  and 
  give 
  them, 
  printed 
  or 
  oral 
  instructions 
  

   regarding 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  pests, 
  and 
  other 
  information, 
  includ- 
  

   ing 
  proper 
  methods 
  of 
  handling, 
  packing 
  and 
  shipping 
  fruit. 
  

   When 
  requested 
  by 
  an 
  association 
  or 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  fruit 
  growers 
  

   he 
  shall, 
  if 
  possible, 
  visit 
  or 
  attend 
  their 
  meetings 
  and 
  aid 
  them 
  

   in 
  the 
  organization 
  of 
  associations 
  beneficial 
  to 
  the 
  growing 
  and 
  

   marketing 
  of 
  fruits. 
  He 
  shall 
  make 
  an 
  annual 
  report 
  to 
  the 
  ap- 
  

   pointing 
  board 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  fruit 
  interests 
  of 
  

   the 
  State 
  and 
  success 
  of 
  the 
  commissioners 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  exter- 
  

   minating 
  pests 
  and 
  executing 
  the 
  law. 
  (Laws 
  1899, 
  p. 
  55.) 
  

  

  PEXJSTSYLVANIA. 
  

  

  It 
  shall 
  be 
  unlawful 
  for 
  any 
  person 
  to 
  keep 
  any 
  orchard 
  or 
  

   nursery 
  tree 
  infested 
  with 
  yellows, 
  black 
  knot, 
  rosette, 
  or 
  pear 
  

   blight; 
  or 
  any 
  orchard 
  or 
  nursery 
  trees 
  infested 
  with 
  San 
  Jose 
  

   scale; 
  or 
  to 
  sell 
  or 
  ship 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  fruit 
  thereof, 
  except 
  plum, 
  

   cherry 
  and 
  pear, 
  that 
  both 
  tree 
  and 
  fruit 
  so 
  infected 
  shall 
  be 
  sub- 
  

   ject 
  to 
  destruction 
  as 
  public 
  nuisances. 
  ISTo 
  damages 
  shall 
  be 
  

   awarded 
  for 
  destroying 
  such 
  diseased 
  trees 
  or 
  parts 
  of 
  trees 
  or 
  

   fruit. 
  

  

  It 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  each 
  o-svner 
  to 
  destroy 
  such 
  trees 
  or 
  

   fruit, 
  but 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  sufficient 
  to 
  extinguish 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  with 
  

   effective 
  insecticides. 
  

  

  Local 
  commissioners 
  are 
  provided 
  for 
  in 
  township, 
  borough 
  or 
  

   city, 
  whose 
  duty 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  to 
  investigate, 
  and 
  if 
  diseases 
  are 
  

  

  