60 Provincial Board of Horticulture. 1897 



Inspection of Imported Fruit. 



6. All importers of fruit must give notice to a member of the Board or his agent, or the 

 Inspector of Fruit. Pests, upon the arrival of any and all shipments of fruit; and alj fruit and 

 fruit packages imported into this Province shall be inspected, and if found to be free from 

 insect pests and fungous disease a clean certificate shall be issued therefor in conformity with 

 the Rules and Regulations, of the Board : Provided, however, that no fruit or fruit packages 

 imported into this Province shall be removed from any dock, wharf, mole, or station where such 

 fruit and fruit packages have been landed, before inspection and such clean certificate thereof 

 shall have been obtained, and all such fruit and fruit packages as may be found infected with 

 any insect pest or fungous disease shall be either destroyed by the importers thereof, by such 

 process and within such time as any member of the Board, the Inspector of Fruit Pests, or 

 any agent appointed by the Board, may direct, or shall be re-shipped, within such time as 

 any member of the Board, the Inspector of Fruit Pests, or any agent appointed by the Board, 

 may direct, by the importers thereof to some point without the Province. 



Inspection of Imported and Home-grown Fruit. 



7. All fruit, whether imported or grown in this Province, or exposed for sale, shall be 

 subject to inspection under the authority of the Board, and if found to be infected with any 

 injurious insect pest or fungous disease shall be quarantined, or may be destroyed at the 

 expense of the owner of said fruit, by such methods as the Board or its agents may direct. 



Stencilling and Labelling. 



8. All persons shipping, sending, or delivering any fruit, fruit trees, scions, cuttings, or 

 plants within the Province shall place upon or securely attach to each box, crate, or other 

 package or parcel containing the same, a distinct stamp, mark, or label showing the name of 

 the producer and shipper or sender, and the locality where grown, but boxes and barrels 

 containing frmt shall be stencilled or stamped with letters not less than three-quarters of an 

 inch in length. 



Treatment of Nursery Stock. 



9 All infected nursery stock shall, before being distributed, be disinfected by dipping in 

 a solution of one pound caustic soda (concentrated lye) and one pound whale-oil soap to every 

 five imperial gallons of water, thoroughly dissolved, and applied at 103° Fahrenheit in a vat 

 or any suitable vessel or the said nursery stock may be disinfected by covering with an It 

 tight tent or box, and for each and every 100 cubic feet of space therein one ounce of f us d 

 cyanide of potassium (58 per cent.), one fluid ounce of sulphuric acid, and two fluid ounces of 

 water shall be used. The cyanide of potassium shall be placed in an earthlnware vesseT the 

 water poured over the said cyanide of potassium, afterwards adding sulphurincid and Ihe 

 tent or box to be immediately closed tightly and allowed to remain\.losed for no lets than 

 IrfdeZyed '^"^*"''^' '" ''^"'^'^'"^'"'^ ^^^" ''°'^"-^ "'^"1 ^^ >"-* P-t" oT'the^ lar^a 



10. (For sprays see preceding pages, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.) 



mended by or under kuflior'ity'ofTe BoaS from u^to W "0%^^^^^^^^ "' ^'f '"V"'"''- 

 can at least be held in check until the stronger waTes oitZ'T \ "''''^' or diseases 

 applied. s^'ou^er wasnes ot the dormant season can be safely 



Destruction of Packages. 



Hop-fields. 

 fromlte'^tSTmSalf rLl'iLtr' "''' *'' '"P-^""^"^' ^P^^^ing must be done as the Board 



