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what is left; don’t let them get out of 
this room.” 
Washington produces large quantities 
of deciduous fruits, and they have laws 
as stringent as California. We have more 
than once had oranges inspected and fu¬ 
migated at heavy loss. The inspectors 
are very critical and it is not uncommon 
to hear of whole shipments being fumi¬ 
gated, and when you fumigate a car of 
oranges or lemons, somebody is going to 
lose money. 
We shipped a car of lemons to Spo¬ 
kane which was sold at $ 4-75 f* °- b. The 
inspector examined it and pronounced it 
infected with San Jose scale. I wired 
him the car was not infected. He wired 
back that they would fumigate the ship¬ 
ment, when they would allow it to enter. 
I told him we would divert the car from 
the State. He wired back that the ship¬ 
ment was infected and it was his duty to 
fumigate it right then and there. I took 
the matter up with the State horticul¬ 
turist, who went to Spokane and inspect¬ 
ed it himself and said he was certain it 
was red scale instead of San Jose Scale, 
and it would have to be fumigated. Now, 
the red scale would not do an apple or 
a peach tree any harm, even if the ship¬ 
ment had been infected with that scale. 
That just shows you, however, of how 
much importance they consider this point, 
which you in Florida do not consider at 
all. There is not a law in Florida when 
it comes to protecting your citrus trees 
against disease. 
