The San Francisco call., 1897-04-29
MANY PESTS BURNED.
Report of the Secretary of the Sta ate
Horticultural Board and Election
of Officers

SACRAMENTO, CAL, April 2S.-At the
meeting of the State Board of Horticul-
ture to-day, the secretary, B. NJ. Lelong,
presented his report for the past year. 1t
showed in detail the business of the board,
including the removal of the office to Sac
ramento, examinations made, bulletins
and reports published, and new legisla-
ton affecting horticultural interests.
The report of the quarantine officer,
Alexander Craw, showed that fifty eight
steamships and sailing vessels, arriving
at the port of San Francisco since last No
vember. had been Inspected. The IN, :,
ports consisted of 779 large cases and
crates, 81 bundles and 81 small boxes of
trees. plants, etc., also 37S sacks of pine
apple plants for Florida. During this
time there arrived SAB boxes of oranges
from Japan that showed light indications
of scale and were fumigated with extra
strength of hydrocyanic acid gas. Seventy
seven boxes OF oranges from MaZatlan,
Mexico, 10 boxes OF oranges from Samoa
and boxes of oranges from San Jose del
Cabo, all injected with injurious scale
insects new to this State, were also fumi-
gated. Plants to the mum ber OF 1706 were
destroyed that arrived during this time.
& lot of plum trees which arrived from
Japan for Vacaville were found infected
v
These trees were burned. There were
also eleven crates OF cherry and plum
trees, which were treated three times
with strong remedies and the insects on
them were still found to be alive. These
were also burned.
Three lots of artificial flowers were
seized, which were inserted into cherry
branches These branches were infected
with the red wax scale, an insect which
does much damage in Honolulu. These
were burned and no such decorations IN
future will be allowed to land.
The election of officers for the next two
wears suited as follows: President, Hon.
president, Frank II. Buck of Vacaville; /;
chairman of the finance com mmittee, r. ID.
Stephens of Sacramento; secretary, b. NJ.
Leiong; treasurer Fred C.. Miles of Pen
ryn; quarantine officer, Alexander Craw
OF Los Angeles; clerk, Ella F. Hallahan
of Oakland.
A communication from f. NJ. RICHTER,
president of the Campbell Fruit-growers'
Union, requested the appointment of a
committee OF five competent fruit men to
report to the next State Fruit-growers
Convention on the marketing of fruits,
etc. The board appointed r. d. Stephens
of Sacramento. F. NJ. RICHTER of Camp
| bell, B. +. Walton of Yuba City and Jonn
E. Boal of National City, the rifth mem
Der to be appointed after further con-
| sideration.
All commissions to be issued to quaran-
| tine guardians throughout the State are
| to be charged at the rate of 81 each.
Sacramento was agreed upon as the To-
cation of the next State Fruit-growers'
! Convention, to be held in November next.
| Commissioner Stephens and the secretary
| were appointed committee on arrange
ments for the next convention. Com MIS-
| sioners Fred G. Miles, f. A Kim bail and
Frank H. Buck were appointed a com nit
| tee on programme.
| The board then ad diourned to afford the
| mem bsrs an opportunity of going to San
| Francisco to attend the coming Pure Food
Congress.