10 STATE COMMISSION OF HORTICULTURE. 



WHEREAS, A reasonable quarantine regulation would protect the fruit interests of 

 the said county without violating the rights of other sections ; therefore 



It is declared, That a quarantine be and is hereby established against the importa- 

 tion of all fruit and nursery stock and plants into Tulare County, and the horticultural 

 commissioner, his deputy and all his inspectors are hereby instructed to hold and 

 cause to be returned to the points where the shipments originated all such stock found 

 within the said county of Tulare ; it is unlawful during the continuance of this order 

 for any railroad, express or other company or individual to bring or cause to be 

 brought into said county such stock or to receive it for delivery ; provided, that all 

 such nursery stocks and plants may be delivered and received at Porterville, Lindsay, 

 Exeter, Tulare, Ducor, Dinuba, Pixley, Angiola and Terra Bella, all within the said 

 county, and it is hereby declared that the above named stations are in no way 

 affected by this order, and at the places named all such stocks may be received and 

 will be promptly inspected, and if found clean they will be released. 



(Signed) J. W. JEFFREY. 



State Commissioner of Horticulture. 

 Approved : 



J. N. GILLETT, 



Governor of the State of California. 



THE MELON FLY. 



For several years the melon or cucumber maggot has been discovered 

 in certain fruits and vegetables arriving at our ports from Hawaii. This 

 pest is particularly destructive on these islands, attacking melons, 

 cucumbers, tomatoes, beans and other vegetables. Specimens of this 

 fly's work are on exhibition at the Insectary, found in shipments from 

 Honolulu, of the most revolting character. By careful inspection and 

 the rigid enforcement of the following order the fly has been kept out 

 of the State : 



QUARANTINE ORDER NO. 4. 

 The Melon Fly. 



(Issued March 28, 1910.) 



"WHEREAS, From information that has been received by this commission, and the 

 fact having been duly determined by the commission, it appears that a certain fruit 

 and vegetable fly known as Dacus cucurbitae is prevalent in the Hawaiian Islands, 

 and very destructive to watermelons, muskmelons, cucumbers and tomatoes on these 

 islands, and that the said Dacus cucurbitae is not known to exist in the State of 

 California ; and 



WHEREAS, The introduction of this fly into the State would entail great and irrep- 

 arable losses to the horticultural products subject to its attacks ; and 



WHEREAS, The most rigid inspection can not determine the presence of the larva or 

 maggot of this fly without the destruction of the fruit or vegetable which may be 

 infected ; therefore, 



It is ordered, That a horticultural quarantine be and is hereby established against 

 watermelons, muskmelons, cucumbers and tomatoes imported from the Hawaiian 

 Islands or other territory known by the state commission to contain infection of the 

 Dacus cucurbitae, and all deputies of the State Commission of Horticulture, county 

 horticultural commissions and horticultural quarantine officers are hereby instructed 

 to hold all such fruits or vegetables above described for exportation out of the State 

 or to be destroyed as may be directed by the owner or consignee. 



(Signed) J. W. JEFFREY, 

 State Commissioner of Horticulture. 

 Approved : 



J. N. GILLETT, 



Governor of the State of California. 



POTATO EEL WORM. 



Early in January of the present year the horticultural commissioner 

 of Sacramento County discovered the eel worm in a carload of potatoes 

 upon the local market. This pest is not known to exist in California, 

 and. as the destruction of the lot might involve litigation, the infestation 

 was handled through a regular quarantine order which was made the 

 basis for disposing of many carloads of similarly infested potatoes from 

 a small valley in Nevada. The Sacramento car was sent back to Reno, 

 where the potatoes were transferred to another car, shipped to Los 



