APPENDIX. 39 
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 larve 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. Theshipper 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 officialinspector. Fruits are allowed to be treated in thesame 
manner. Apples and pears infested with the codling moth are destroyed and are not 
permitted to be offered for sale in the markets. 
