208 



characteristic with some precision and intelligence. A distinc- 

 tive characteristic developed in a sport may be bred in to order, 

 as was done by the breeder of the White Plymouth Rock a 

 **sport" of the Barred Plymouth Rock, an "albino" of that 

 breed which has become a standard variety. 



The hit or miss system of breeding from large numbers of 

 individuals to get a result may be reduced to an exact testing 

 out of the individuals which will not breed true, leaving the 

 pure bred stock. There is no mystery about the process of 

 creating a new characteristic in a variety when we understand 

 Mendel's Law, now an accepted rule among scientific men, 

 and poulty men among others should understand it. 

 Briefly expressed, Mendel's Law may be stated thus: 

 Li the second and later generations of a hybrid, every pos- 

 sible combination of the parent characters occurs, and each 

 combination appears in a defmite proportion of the indivi- 

 duals." 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY, 

 Division of Entomology* 



REPORT OF HORTICULTURAL-QUARANTINE IN- 

 SPECTION WORK. 



Honolulu, Hawaii, June 28, 1907. 

 To the Honorable Board of 



Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu, T. H. 



Gentlemen : Since my last report one month ago I have to re- 

 port the arrival of 68 steam and sailing vessels from outside the 

 Territory on part of which we found 13,552 packages of fruit 

 and vegetables, 9 bales and cases of trees, plants, etc., and 87 

 packages of plants. and seeds by mail. Two bales of trees arrived 

 from Iowa in very bad condition owing" to being badly packed in 

 straw and burlap so that the air passed through the bales and the 

 trees and plants were dried up. A large case of orchids arrived 

 from England in good condition after their long journey. We 

 destroyed a few small lots of fruit brought by passengers from 

 the Orient. As it was of no great value we preferred not to take 

 the chances of introducing any frait flies that are found in certain 

 fruits in those countries. On the S. S. "Siberia" arrived from 

 the Orient April 22nd a case of sugar cane cuttings, the latter had 

 been dipped in parafine wax. I had the case and cuttings fumi- 



