Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1910-02-25
INSECTS AND DISEARES De.
CLARED TO BE. DANGER
OUSLY INJURIOUS BY THE
CE0PPEST COMMISSION.

| The crop PeSt COMMISSION, dl
Its meeting Jan. IA, 1910, altered
land amended the list of injurious
insects and plant diseases and
the rules and regulations relative
| to same to read as follows:
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
| For the Government of the
Estate Entomologist, Assistants,
Local Inspectors and Employees
of the State Board of Crop Pest
Commissioners, as Authorized by
Act of Assembly, approved May
9, 1908. Sections ? and A.
tered and Amended Oct. II, 1907
and Jan. IA, 1910, to read as fol-
lows:
/. By the virtue Of authority
conferred by the above cited
Act, the following rules and
regulations are hereby adopted
and promulgated by the State
Board Of Crop Pests Commis-
sioners, and the State Entomolo-
gist and Pathologist, and such
assistants and local inspectors as
may be hereafter appointed are
authorized and directed to en-
force the same.
,. LIST OF INSECTS AND FUN
GUoUs PARASITES--The following
list of insect pests and plant dis
eases are hereby declared to te
dangerously injurious, and it is
ordered by this Board that they
shall hereafter come within the
scope of operations under the
Crop Pest Law:
InseCtS-Sau Jose scale CAS-
pidiotus perniciosus), West In
dian Peach scale (Ausacuspis
pentagona), Woolly y AphiS
SchizoneurS Lanigera) in nurs-
cries only, Gypsy Moth (Porthe-
tria dispar), Brown-tail Moth
(Euproctis ChrySorrhoea), }, Maple
Scale (Chrysorphalue tenehri-
cosus), Strawberry Root Louise
(Aphis LarbeSi).
Fungi-Crown Gall, in nurse
| ries only, Peach Yellows, Peach
Rosette, Little Peach, Black
Knot of plume and Cherry (Plow-
rightia morhosa) Ezra Blight of
Bear and Apple (MicroceccuS
amylovorous), in nurseries only.
This Board reserves the right
to alter, amend, and change this
list as the exigencies of the work
MAY warrant.
3. QUARANTINE AGAINST DIS
EAsED NURSERY STOCK-lt is
hereby declared that dating from
Jan. IA, 1911, no person, per-
sons, firm, or corporation shall
sell, transport or give away any
| fruit trees, or other plants, COM
monty known as nursery stock
within the State of Virginia,
when affected with the San Jose
scale, West India Peach scale,
lWoolly Phia, Gypsy Moth. Brown
tail Moth, Maple scale, Straw
berry Root Louise, Crown Gall,
Peach Yellows, Peach Rosette,
Little Peach, Black KNOB of the
Plum and Cherry, OF Fire Blight
of Pear and apple specified un,
der Section 3 above"
For Sections 4 to II Of the
Rules and Regulations see Circu-
lar No. 3 of the Crop Pest Com
mission or the Sixth report, and
| for further discussion see other
publications from this Office. II
is thought we'll to enumerate a
few points, however, in regard
: to these troubles at this time.
SAN JOSE scALE-No nursery
. stock should be sent out that i:
infested with this insect. Al
nursery stock that has been ex
posed to infestation by this III
sect should be thoroughly fumi
gated before it is sold. Orchards
should be thoroughly sprayed fol
this trouble once each winter.
WEST INDIAN PEACH SCALE
This insect has not become plen
tiful in Virginia, but nurser,
stock should be watched to pre-
vent it from being introduced.
WooILY APHIs-As trees badl,
knotted by this insect are apt t,
: rot off and die after few years
time. all nursery trees carryin!
specimens of this insect shoul,
;. be fumigated before they ar
sold. All trees badly knotted b.
it should be discarded and de
stroyed.
Gypsy AND BRowN-TAIL Morn
Are European insects tha