Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-16
HORTICULTURAL BOARD MEETS

Professor R. N. Forbes of the ter
 ritor.al university. secretary and
 treasurer of the new horticultural
 commission. spent yesterday in Phoe-
 nix in conference with his associates
 on matters pertaining to the boards
 work The board was organized in
 Tucson March 90. Foster H. Rock
 well of this city being the president
 and the third member Andrew Kim
 ball of Graham county. At the time
 of organization the board created two
 horticultural districts, No. 1, includ
 ing all the irrigated lands between
 San Jose and Geronimo in the upper
 Gila valley and No. 2, including all
 the irrigated lands in this valley be-
 tween Granite Rect and Arlington.
 In the emergency of the late passage
 of the law creating the board, Dr. J.
 Elliott Colt of the agricultural sta ton, consented to act as inspector for
 incoming shipments of nursery stock
 in district No. 2, the Salt River val
 ley, paying particular attention to cit rus shipments received from Califor- mia and Florida. In an interview
 with Prof. Forbes last evening he spokes as follows:
 'Tn generel the Californis stock from the Sa1 Joaquin valley has been found clean and free from infestation
 of any sort. The citrus shipments from Florida have been thoroughly defoliated in all cases and free from ! any danger of white fly. Dr. Colt 1 has also failed to find any red scale although one instance has been re- lported where red scale was believed | e sv, sc
 of record and can easily be followed
 up during the summer.
 'HThe purple scale, however, has
 been found in certain cases on Flori- | da stock but it is believed that pur pie scale, as has also been proved to
 be the case with black scale. stands comparatively little chance of endur | ing the summer in the Salt River val ley. This. however, does not in flu | ture excuse or permit of the importa
 tion of purple scale into the valley for in course of time this dangerous pest is almost sure to become accli
 mated if given the opportunity. Care full record is being kept of the dispo
 sition of all this years importations by Dr. Colt, so the entomologist O the commission, as soon as he car
 be introduced to the situation. cal
 follow up all shipments and inspec , them in the field and adopt a prope program for the total exclusion O these pests in the future.
 ''The officials of both the Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe have show a most commendsble spirit of co operation with the commission an the experiment station has done al in it's power to further the work o the commission during these first feE weeks of its operation.
 "One excellent result of the law already evident in the case of eel tain eastern nursery which it knewn has in years past dumped dt ciduous nursery stock of an infer.o character into the valley. stock tha was diseased, and especially wit crown gall. Having been notified o the passage of the horticultural la' l | 1t is interesting to note that a recen 1 car load of stock from this firm, wa found to be entirely free from infes tation of any sort. This incident alon ! proves the salutary effect of the law } even within the first month after it ! passage.
 "The commission has organized l IIcampaign against the coddling mot in Graham county and Prof. Thor 2 Iber of the experiment station ha ] started spraying operations and ha l Undertaken to train an orchard 1T 1 spector for the work in that distric' ! The commission regrets that tn ltime and funds and more than all l lack of available trained men in tn 1. various districts concerned, has nc permitted it to render immediate sel lvice along these lines in all parts C sthe territory, but of course it is uI derstood that it takes time to orgaI ize effective insection and quarantin \ service. However. it may be state that the main features of the work i the two greatest horticultural valley l of the territory. are well fin hand an effective service IS now being rende ed. This most useful law was enac ed just in the nick of time so far s our rapidly developing citrus indu try is concerned. and has doubtle' \ already justified the total legislati'