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million dollars. An industry producing about sixty or sixty-five million, 

 and damaged to that extent, certainly should elicit our interest and 

 cooperation in order if possible to avoid or to remedy it. 



At the last Fruit-Growers' Couvmition a similar subject Avas assigned 

 to me. In fact, I don't know but thcit you are likely to get something 

 similar to this at every fruit-growers' convention on tpiarantine. At 

 that time, I went into the statistical part of. the damages over the 

 Tiiited States. I will not take up your time in this paper to discuss 

 any of those features. That information is readily available through 

 the department bulletins. . 



QUARANTINE BET'WEEN CALIFORNIA POINTS. 



F.Y R. P. ('rXDlFF, OF Riverside. 



The enactment of (luarantinc laws to protect our orchards against 

 thi^ introduction and spread of injurious insects and diseases had its 

 inception in California,' and the benefit to our horticultural interests 

 through the work of our quarantine officials at San Francisco, and 

 other ports of our State, in i)reventing the introduction of destructive 

 insects and plant diseases, is one of the principal safeguards to the 

 future Avelfare of our State's greatest industry. 



The subject under consideration, "Quarantine Between California 

 Points," we shall assume to refer to intercounty shipments or nursery 

 stock, fruits, etc. The legislative enactment approved ^larch 25, 1903. 

 provided for a State Ccmmiissioner of Horticulture, who shall also 

 be quarantine officer. Such officer may, with the approval of the 

 Governor, estal)lish, maintain, and enforce such quarantine regulations 

 as may be deemed necessary to protect luirseries, trees, plants, vines, 

 or other articles of horticulture against contagion or infection by 

 injurious disease, insects or other pests, by establishing a quarantine 

 at the boundaries of the State, or elscnvherc within the State". 



The law confers no authority upon the Commissioner of Horticulture 

 to regulate intercounty shipments of nursery stock, fruits, etc., except 

 where such shipments are consigned to counties or localities having 

 no legally appointed county horticultural officials. 



The law also provides for the appointment of county boards of horti- 

 culture, to consist of three members. While the law clearly defines 

 the duty of the county horticultural commissioners, it does not delegate 

 to them power to enact quarantine, regulations. Such laws must be 

 enacted by the boards of supervisors in the form of county ordinances. 



In some instances these ordinances have been criticised and ridiculed 

 by nurserymen and others interested in the sale of nursery stock. We 

 do not take the position that all of the county horticultural ordinances 

 of California are perfect, but we believe, in the main, they will com- 

 pare very favorably with the general legislative enactments of the 

 State. The claim has often been made that counties have no power 

 to quarantine against other localities, but must accept any nursery 

 stock offered for sale upon which dangerous pests or disease can not be 

 located by an inspection. While it is true that in at least one decision, 

 rendered by a superior judge of the State, apparently affirming the 



