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(c) That all persons, firms, or corporations in the State of Arizona 

 are prohibited from having possession of, transporting, selling or giving 

 away any citrus stock introduced into the State in violation of this order. 



(Adopted November 1, 1912.) 



(Extract from Monthl\ Bulletin No. 10, State Commission of Horti- 

 culture, Sacramento, California.) 



"Arizona and Inspection of Mexican Fruits." 



It will be interesting to all California to know that Arizona has 

 recently passed a law revising and giving added power to those in charge 

 of the horticultural work there. With regard to the new work in 

 Arizona, Dr. A. W. Morrill, State Entomologist, writes the following: 



"The commission of Agriculture and Horticulture under our new 

 law has informally adopted a quarantine restriction prohibiting the 

 importation of mangoes, guavas, and oranges from Mexico. This quar- 

 antine order will be formally adopted as soon as the members have 

 qualified for their new appointments under the amended law, which I 

 expect will be in the course of a few days. During the next few weeks 

 I shall be busy organizing our inspection service, and I expect that before 

 the end of September I will have completed arrangements for the pro- 

 tection at Nogales similar to that which you have in California at your 

 Pacific ports. As soon as the quarantine order of the Commission has 

 been formally agreed upon I will send you a copy. These orders will 

 include a quarantine order against white flies affecting citrus, the alfalfa 

 weevil, and the Mexican orange maggot." 



It will be thus seen that the United States are determined to 

 prevent the introduction and spread of either destructive insects and 

 plant diseases. This leads up to the question of the protection of our 

 own favored Province. 



Hitherto we have been using such preventative measures as the 

 Regulations of the Board of Horticulture provide. All imported nursery 

 stock is carefully dealt with, and our present system is found to be 

 fairly adequate, but the time may come when it will be necessary to 

 exclude the importation of nursery stock from countries known to be 

 infected with dangerous pests and diseases not common to British 

 Columbia. 



We have also carefully inspected, as far as possible, imported fruit, 

 grain and vegetables, but the time has come when, owing to the large 

 importation of fruit, it is utterly impossible to adequately protect this 

 Province. 



