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the fruit. Fruit that has required washing is fre- 
quently unsalable when clean grown fruit is seen be- 
side it. This is a fact well understood and appreciated 
in the districts where the application of cyanide gas is 
practiced. Any one wishing to convince himself of the 
vast superiority of fumigating over the old spraying 
methods only needs to visit the orchards of Duarte, 
Monrovia, Azusa, Covina, Pomona, and Riverside, 
and consult the Horticultural Commissioners. It may 
safely be stated that 99 out of every 100 of the Horti- 
cultural Commissioners in the country are heartily in 
favor of fumigation with hydrocyanic acid gas.— The 
Rural Californian. 
‘“ Does it pay to fumigate ?’’ is answered by editor 
C. M. Heintz. He says: ‘‘ This question is asked daily 
The Rural Californian, and we wish to state that there 
is nothing known at present which will assist the fruit- 
growers all over the United States as much to eradicate 
scale-insect pest as the process of fumigation. We in 
California have tried it for years, have been benefited 
by the operation, and permit us to say if it had not 
been for the fumigation procedure the citrus fruit in- 
dustry of California would have been a lamentable 
failure. 
‘The actual and continuous use of hydrocyanic acid 
gas has demonstrated beyond the question of a doubt 
that by exterminating the scale insect the citrus fruit- 
grower has marketed a profitable crop. Districts like 
Riverside, Ontario, Pomona, Azusa, Orange, Tustin, 
Colegrove, San Dimas, Lamanda Park, and portion of 
San Diego County, will each testify to that which we 
state, namely, fumigation pays, and pays three hundred- 
