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or pupae, known to be injurious to fruit and fruit trees, and 

 liable to spread contagion, is hereby required to be disinfected, as 

 hereinafter provided, before removal off premises where grown, 

 for the purpose of sale, gift, distribution, or transportation. 



4. Fruit ef any kind, infested by any insect or insects, or 

 the germs thereof, namely, their eggs, larvse, or pupse, known 

 to be injurious to fruit or fruit trees, and liable to spread 

 contagion, imported or brought into this State from any 

 foreign country, or from any of the United States or Terri- 

 tories, are hereby prohibited from being offered for sale, gift, 

 distribution, or transportation. 



5. Fruit of am' kind infested by the insect known as codlin 

 moth, or its larvae or jjupae, is hereby prohibited from being 

 kept in bulk, or in packages or boxes of any kind, in any 

 orchard, storeroom, salesroom, or place, or being dried for 

 food, or any other purposes, or being removed for sale, gift, 

 distribution or transiDortation. 



6. Fruit boxes, packages, or baskets, used for shipping fruit 

 to any destination, are here+jy required to be disinfected, as 

 hereinafter provided, previous to their being returned to any 

 orchard, storeroom, salesroom, or place to be used for storage, 

 shipping or am' other purpose. 



7. Transportable material of any kind, infested b)^ any 

 insect or insects, or the germs thereof, namely, their eggs, 

 larvae, or pupae, known to be injurious to fruit or fruit trees, 

 and liable to spread contagion, is hereby prohibited from being 

 offered for sale, gift, distribution, or transportation. 



8. Tree or plant cuttings, grafts, scions, plants, or trees of 

 any kind, may be disinfected by dipjjing in a solution com- 

 posed of not less than one pound (1 lb.) of commercial con- 

 centrated lye to each and every two (2) gallons of Avater used 

 as such disinfectant, or in any other manner satisfactory to 

 the Chief Executive Horticultural and Health Officer. 



9. Empty fruit boxes, packages, or baskets, may be disin- 

 fected by dipping in boiling water, and allowed to remain in 

 said boiling water not less than two minutes ; said boiling 

 Avater used as such disinfectant to contain, in solution, not 

 less than one pound (1 lb.) of commercial potash, or three- 

 fourths (I) of one pound (1 lb.) of concentrated lye, to each 

 and every twenty gallons of water, or in any other manner 

 satisfactory to the Chief Executive Horticultural and Health 

 Officer. 



10. Fruit on deciduous and citrus trees infested by any 

 species of scale insect or scale insects, or the germs thereof, 

 namely, their eggs, larvae, or pupae, may be disinfected before 

 removal from the tree, or from the premises where grown,, by 

 washing or thoroughly spraying said fruit with a solution 



