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Angeles, and there held up and sent back again to Nevada. In such 

 cases as this the quarantine officers should have the authority to destroy 

 the lot, regardless of the wishes of the consignor. 



Meantime, circulars of warning had been sent all over the State 

 resulting in the discovery of nearly a dozen infested lots at Bishop, 

 Independence, San Francisco and Sacramento. As there were no 

 quarantine guardians in the State at this time these shipments were 

 disposed of at great disadvantage. No such trouble can occur since the 

 law of 1911 has become effective. This incident has caused the Nevada 

 State University to make an investigation of the infested area, and 

 steps will be taken there to eradicate the pest. Quarantine guardians 

 should be vigilant in the inspection of farm produce, for the spirit of 

 the law does not confine their activities to horticultural protection. It 

 will be noticed that Order No. 5 is in form different from the preceding 

 orders. The secretary in this case quarantined the car upon his author- 

 ity as an officer of the State Commission, and it was not necessary for 

 the Governor or the Commissioner to approve this order. It will be held 

 by the Commissioner that a quarantine order of temporary nature and 

 one not involving the quarantining of a territory, may be legally made 

 by any authorized deputy or state quarantine guardian. The following 

 is the order, and it may serve as a form for use by the latter : 



QUARANTINE ORDER NO. 5. 

 The Potato Eel Worm. 



(Issued January 6, 1911.) 



Wood, Curtis d Co., Sacramento, Cal. 



GENTLEMEN : This is to certify that I have this day inspected a carload of potatoes 

 (1843 P. F. E.), containing 251 sacks, consigned to you and shipped by G. Boni Nucci 

 from Canty, State of Nevada, and have found the same to be badly infested with a 

 nematode worm ( Tylenchus devastatrix) , a parasitic worm destructive to potatoes, 

 which does not exist in this State. 



In accordance with section 4 of the horticultural quarantine law of the State of 

 California, I hereby order this carload (251 sacks) of potatoes shipped out of the 

 State of California, or destroyed, at your option, within forty-eight hours from the 

 serving of this notice. 



(Signed) O. E. BREMNER, 



Secretary State Commission of Horticulture. 



MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY. 



By far the most alarming development of fruit pests of foreign origin 

 is the appearance of the Mediterranean fruit fly in the gardens and 

 orchards of Honolulu. The invasion of this insect was discovered by 

 the horticultural officials of Hawaii last October, and a campaign is 

 now under way for its eradication involving the expenditure of a large 

 sum of money. This will lessen the danger of California orchards 

 becoming contaminated from this source, but it does not make protective 

 measures any less imperative locally, for the pest may be impossible of 

 extirpation, and remain a continual menace to the fruit industry of the 

 United States : 



QUARANTINE ORDER NO. 6. 

 The Mediterranean Fruit Fly. 



(Issued June 24, 1911.) 



SACRAMENTO, CAL., June 24, 1911. 



WHEREAS, The State Commissioner of Horticulture has received official notification 

 from the Board of Agriculture and Forestry of the Hawaiian Islands that an insect 

 known as the Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Ceratitis capitata) has become established 

 on the island of Oahu ; and 



WHEREAS, The deputy horticultural quarantine officers at the port of San Francisco 



