December, ’24] 
HORTICULTURAL INSPECTION NOTES 
681 
Horticultural Inspection Notes 
Mr. R. K. Beattie of the Federal Horticultural Board recently returned from an 
extensive inspection trip in the Northern and Western States. 
Mr. F. A. Johnston, Plant Quarantine Inspector of the Federal Horticultural 
Board has been transferred from Washington, D. C. to El Paso, Texas. 
Mr. H. H. Willis has resigned his position as Associate Plant Quarantine Inspector 
in charge of the activities of the Federal Horticultural Board at El Paso, Texas. 
Two shipments of Spanish grapes arriving in New York recently were found to be 
infested with the Mediterranean Fruit Fly. Both of the consignments were refused 
entry. 
St. Louis has been made a port of entry for plant material, and Mr. H. A. Horton, 
who formerly served in the capacity of Plant Quarantine Inspector at Seattle, Wash., 
has been placed in charge. 
Mr. O. D. Deputy, Plant Quarantine Inspector in charge of the work of the Federal 
Horticultural Board at Brownsville, Texas, recently visited the various ports on the 
Mexican Border for the purpose of co-ordinating the work. 
The Federal Horticultural Board has established an office in Chicago, and Mr. 
L. M. Scott, who has been stationed at Boston in the capacity of Plant Quarantine 
Inspector, was transferred to Chicago to take charge of the work. 
At the request of nurserymen interested in the subject, a conference was held at 
Washington on Nov. 26, 1924, for the purpose of considering the desirability of re¬ 
vising the Federal “White Pine Blister Rust” Quarantine No. 26. The conference 
was well attended by nurserymen and State and Federal officials. 
Mr. H. L. Sanford of the Federal Horticultural Board has been investigating fruit 
fly conditions in Cuba and the Isle of Pines. He was accompanied by Mr. Warner 
of the Florida State Plant Board on his first trip, and on the second trip by Mr. 
Moznette of the Bureau of Entomology. 
Oranges coming from the Argentine Republic, affected with brown spots, were 
recently intercepted in ship’s stores at New York City by inspectors of the Federal 
Horticultural Board. An examination of the fruit sent to Washington showed it to 
be attacked by a disease somewhat similar to the Citrus scab, which is already in this 
Country. The disease found, however, is quite distinct and was not recognized as 
one which is known here. 
Mr. L. A. Strong, in charge of Port Inspection with the Federal Horticultural 
Board, has returned from a trip to the Southern Ports. While in the South he visited 
Charleston, Savannah, Jacksonville, Miami, Key West, Tampa, Mobile, New Or¬ 
leans, and Galveston, to study shipping conditions at these places, with a view of 
making improvements in the inspection service. He addressed a meeting at the 
Florida Agricultural College in Gainesville, in connection with their Farmers & Fruit 
Growers Week. 
Dr. W. M. Mann of the Bureau of Entomology has been investigating the Mediter¬ 
ranean Fruit Fly situation in Spain, Portugal, Southern France, and other Med¬ 
iterranean regions, for the Federal Horticultural Board, in order that definite infor¬ 
mation might be available in regard to the danger of introducing this insect and 
other serious pests with importations of fruit. The investigation has been completed, 
and Dr. Mann will return to the United States shortly. 
