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Infested fruit shipped into the State and discovered before it is offered for sale may 

 be returned to the consignor if he so requests. There is also in operation a law making 

 it a misdemeanor to offer for sale, to pack for sale, or to deliver to a transportation com- 

 pany for shipment, infested fruit, but this law is held in abeyance except in extreme 

 cases. 



UTAH. 



The Utah law prohibits the possession or sale of fruit infested with the San Jose or 

 other scale insects, and the larva? of the codling moth. Shipments of scale-infested 

 fruit are destroyed by burning, or are saturated with kerosene. 



WASHINGTON. 



The Washington law requires the treatment of all infested nursery stock, regardless 

 of origin. The shipper or consignee is allowed to treat for the San Jose scale by dipping 

 in strong solution of lime-sulphur wash or by fumigation with hydrocyanic-acid gas, 

 under the direction of an official inspector . Fruits are allowed to b e treated in the same 

 manner. Apples and pears infested with the codling moth are destroyed and are not 

 permitted to be offered for sale in the markets. 



