Imperial Valley press., 1919-06-04
GREEN TOMATOES
ARE CONDEMNED
BY INSPECTORS

One carload of green tomatoes and
T59 crates were condemned during
the month of May by inspectors work
ing under Horticultural Commission
er F. W. Waite, according to hS
| monthly report, which is as follows:
To the Honorable Board of Super
visors of Imperial County. California;:
! The following goods were inspected
and passed into the county during the
month of May. 1919: 2425 sacks Of
potaQes, SO sacks soy bean seed, 90
sacks COW pea seed, % sacks milo
maize eed, Al sacks Sudan gress seed.
3 sacks cane seed, sacks water
melon seed, l sack hemp seed, :"
sacks Rhodes grass seed, s sacks al
| falfa seed. 106 sack onions. 94S boxes
oranges, GAG boxes lemons, 10l boxes
grapefruit, 571 boxes apples, PIP
boxes cut flowers. II bulbs, 20 orna-
mental plants. 134 rose bushes. IA
ferns. apier grass plants, 5000
strawberry plants, 234 grapefruit
trees, p orange trees, 255 eucalyptus
trees.
One box lemons condemned and de-
stroyed, being infested with red scale.
The following is Il list of vegetables
and fruit shipped out of the county
during the month: 81 cars tomatoes,
14S cars cantaloupes, 9 cars water
melons, 1860 crates tomatoes Oocal
eXpress). 1850 crates apricots, 1882
crates Strawberries. 11S special crates
cantaloupes, POS flat crates canta-
! loupes,% 179 standard crates canta-
loupes.#
One car of tomatoes We're con-
\ f;rJi,,p ma
ones and irregular pack. 159 crates of
/ tomatoes were condemned alter fInd-
ing too many green ones.
1t will be noted by the above re-
port that we are now IN the tomato
and cantaloupe inspection business.
Inspectors are located at all the
shipping station to handle the largest
crop of cantaloupes raised in the Val
j ley. In fact, it is one-third OF the
entire cantaloupe crop grown III the
| United States.
Nav 26 to 81 the State Fruit Grow
ers and Horticultural Commissioners
Convention was held at Riverside.
] Representative from all parts OF
the country were present, including
quarantine officials from the states
! of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Mon
tana, Colorado, Nevada. Also Chair
man Maratt of the Federal Horti-
cultural Board and the chief of di-
vision of horticulture of Vancouver,
B. c.
These officials organized a West
ern Plant Protective Association for
the protection of the states west Of
, the Rock mountains
The principal subjects discussed
were cooperation (organzatlon), IN
creased food production, standarlZa-
tion and quarantine regulation.
The general managers Of the prin-
| cipal state organizations read papers
/ on their respective subjects which
F, were convinced of the vast amount
of good derived by organization.
! Without question it is up to the
United tates to produce greater guam
titles of food products. as this coun-
try must not only supply this coun-
try, but will have to aid in supply
/ ing the war-stricken nations. This
country is producing a people Of non
/ producers. therefore it Will be abso-
! lutely necessary for the present pro-
F., ducers to increase production.
I, BY Standardization and government
marketing bureau of distribution
wonderful improvements have been
made which have brought the produ-
GERS into their own.
The visiting quarantine officials
were high in their praise for the
splendid quarantine system in our
state. California is recognized as
having the best quarantine regula-
! tions in the world.
4, The number of ranches inspected
for noxious weeds was thirty-nine
f. w. WAITE,
horticultural Commissioner