Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-06
FOR PROTECTION
or ORCHARDS
State Board Of Horticulture Issues
Rules and Formulas,
COUNTY INSPECTORS DUTIES
Duties OF Fruit Growers aud Nursery.
men Defined Under New borti-
cultural Law.

In accordance with section Of an en-
sctmcnt Of the Fifth Legislative Assem-
bly, Of the State Of Utah, entitled, AN
act creating state board Of hortoul-
ture providing for county boards OF hor-
ticulture, defining their duties, provld-
ing for the publication and distribution
OF their reports, and repeating all OF
title 2S Of the Revised Statutes Of Utah,
and chapter AZ Of the session laws of the
Legislature of Utah for 1899" approved
March H. 1908 and In force on and after
May IL, 1903, u meeting OF the state
board Of Horticulture was held in salt
Lake City June g. 1903, when the rules
and regulations given below were adopt
ed and promulgated for the disinfecton
OF orchards, nurseries, etc, and are
therefore binding upon all fruitgrowers,
fruit dealers, nurserymen and importers
OF fruit or ornamental trees, shrubs or
vines and upon every owner, possessor
or occupier Of any orchard or land
where trees are grown within this state,
In submitting the regulations, RENEE
dies and formulas adopted by the state
board of horticulture for the extermln-
alton Of pests Injurious to fruit and de-
structive to tree and plant life and to
prevent the importation and spread of
insects and diseases detrimental to the
horticultural interests OF Utah. the CO.
operation OF all persons interested Is So
lcited In carrying out the important
work required to combat the insects and
diseases that menace the fruit industry
OF the state.
RULES AND REGULATIONS,
Rule lit shall be the duty Of every
owner, possessor or occupler of an or
chard or land where trees, vines or
shrubs are grown within this state to
remove from said land and destroy by
burning all diseased or decayed branch
es, rubbish and debris harboring insects
or fungus growth; also TO remove from
the orchard all decayed and fallen fruit
at least once each week.
Rule 1.-THE owner or owners of any
nursery or nurseries shall dislnfect all
their nursery stock OF insects or dis
eases injurious TO fruit or trees befors
the removal of the same from ther
premises for sale, gift, distribution or
transportation.
Rule 3-No trees shrubs or vines
shall be imported into this state by
nurserymen, corporations or private in
diylduals unless properly certified to as
having been fumigated by hydrocyaniC
gas before shipment. Importations of
trees or shrubs unaccompanied by such
certificate Of fumigation shall be held
IN quarantine at owners risk until "a
fumlgated at the cost Of the importer to
the satisfaction OF the county horticul-
tural commissioners or inspectors.
Rule 4-No certificate shall be given
by any member OF state or county
boards of horticulture, or by any coun-
ty inspector or deputy inspector, stat
ing that any nursery stock is free from
insects or disease; provided, that any
officer named In thy rule may give a
certificate to the effect that any nursery
stock has been subjected to treatment
with hydrocyanic gas formula No. a
when II shall be proved to the satisfac-
ton of such officer that the said stock
has been so treated.
Note-Rules 3 and are promulgated
because Of the undoubted fact that scale
insects may infest nursery stock and
still escape any inspection that is prac-
ticable TO make. The hydrocyanic gas
Is both insecticlde and fungicide, and
thorough fumlgatlon Herewith is a
guarantee against all insects and fungus
diseases.
Rule DIT shall be the duty of every
owner or possessor Of any and all apple.
pear ounce or other frut- bearing
trees, shrubs or vines found to be IN
tested with the cooling moth, tent cat
erpillar, pear slug or other leaf-eatiug
or biting Insects, or the larvae or pupae
thereof TO disinfect the same by spray
Inc with the solution as prescribed in
formula No | (white arsenic or Paris
Grcen). Such spraying shall be done
within one week after the blossoms
have fallen from such trees, and re-
peated within 10 days from the first
spray ing such spraying shall again be
repeated within 80 days from the second
application, and again within 10 days
after the thild spraying.
Rule 6--AnY and all iruitbearing
trees shrubs or vines found to be in
tested with any form of fungus disease,
or growth, such as leaf blight, twlg
BLIGHT or mildew of the bark, leaf or
fiuf, shall be disinfected by spraying
with the solution as prescribed in form
ula No. bordeaux mixture), such
spraying shall be done within the time
get by any member OF the
state or county board of hor-
ticulturc or by any county IN
spcctor. and shall be repeated at such
times as may be deemed necessary by
such member Of the county board or
county inspector,
Rule Amy fruit-bearing tree. shrub
or vine found to be infested with any
form Of suctorial insect, such as the
woody aph,s, or leafy aphis, or any
species Of aphidcs. or red spider. shall
a ali
scribed In formula No (keroscne
emulsion). Such Spraying shall be per-
formed within one week after the bios
SONS fall from any infested trees md
shall be repeated as often as may he
deemed necessary by any member of the
state or county board OF horticulture or
By any county Inspector discovering the
presence Of such insects
Rule S-Any fruit bearing trees,
shrubs or vines found to be infested
with any scale insects shall be sprayed
with the solutio. prescribed In formula
No. (kerosei1 emulsion) double
strength given In formula. Such spray
ing shall be performed and repeated
at such times as may be deemed neces-
gary BY any member OF the state or
county board OF horticulture or by any
county Inspector discovering the pres
cnce Of such scale insects.
Rnle 9---Any and all fruit trees,
whether IN orchard or nursery, within
the state found to be infested with dis
eases known as peach yellows or peach
rosette or crown gall shall be destroyed
BY burning ns soon as such diseases
may be determined to exist. Destruc-
ton OF such infected trees shall be car
ried out upon the order Of any men,
Der OF the state or county board OF
horticulture or Of any county fruit
tree Inspector, as provided by the hor-
ticultural law OF Utah.
Rule l0-In accordance with sections
s. and 10 OF the horticultural law,
any member Of the state or county
board OF horticulture on any county in
spcotor finding nursery stock within
this state. whether imported or home
grown. shall carefully examine sucn
nursery stock as 60 the presence Of in
furious Insects or diseases. In the event
OF such insects or diseases being found
such infected stock shall be disinfect-
ed by the use OF either formula No.
(hydrocyanic gas) or formula No.
lwhale oil scapj, as may be directed