Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-06

Imperial county again won sweep
stakes at the National Orange Show
at San Bernardino on its grapefruit
exhibit, and second prize for the
most artistic rack display, says B.
A. Harringan, county horticultural
commissioner in his monthly repors.
This is the second time we have
won this unusual award, although
prizes have been won each year.
All the weights ana measures
used by this department were TAX
en- to Los Angeles this month for
celebration by deputy from the
state sealer of weights and measures
department.
The Mamme crop figs have ali
been sent to the State Insectary at
Fresno in accordance with the pro
visions of the California Fig Clean
Up Campaign to eliminate Endosep-
sis of figs. The Blastophoga will
be returned to the growers as soon
as the profichi crop is ready.
The following goods were inspect
ed and passed into the county dur
ing the month of February, 1928:
Three hundred thousands sweet
potato plants; 509,500 asparagus
roots; 6 shrubs; 4S grape cuttings;
2 amaryllis plants; 100 bougain
villeas; 10 hlacs; $50 hibiscus cuc-
tings; 100 plumbago; 400 teeoma
caponsis; 81 poinsetta; so grerillea
robusta; $50 ranunculuses; 9 aspara-
gus ferns.
-Four button grass; 22S3 rose
bushes; "a tuberoses; 2406 orna>
mental plants; 1870 strawberry
plants; 1861 bulbs; 352 lilies of
the valley; % chrvsanthemums; 324
carnation plants; 624 lantanas; -
berry plants; 25 mint roots; 145S2
grape vines; i blackberry plants;
II raspberry plants; 10 dewberry
plants; so house plants.
Three hundred forty acacia trees;
IT pecan trees; 65 bottle trees; Is
pepper trees; olive trees; % fig
cuttings; 2 fruit trees; l pers.m-
mon trees; II banana trees; 651
tangerine trees; 58S apricot trees;
36l fig trees; IL capri fig trees;
115 plum trees; 120 peach trees;
21S pear trees; 6 prune trees; 50
citrus trees; 8 mulberry trees.
Five thousand six hundred seven
ty four grapefruit trees; % almond
trees; 100 pear seedlings; l ounce
tree; 80 pomegranate trees; $50
deeiduous trees; l catal pa tree; IS
locust trees; % apple trees; no
cherry trees; 81 sub-tropical trees;
I lime trees: % Valencia orange
trees; 215 Navel oraneg trees; II
lemon trees; black walnut trees; :;
Is cherimoya trees; "a Arizona Ash
trees; IL Arizona cypress trees; !
pepper tree; crabapple tree; 3
sycamore trees; 3 mulberry trees;
| 100 elm trees.
Ten sacks lettuce seed; IS sacks
garden seed; sacks melon seed !;
8 sacks clover seed; 16 sacks flow
cr seed; 4 sacks watermelon seed; "a
sacks honey ball seed; 66 sacks can
taloupe seed; 271 sacks alfalfa
sacks pea seed; 6 sacks honey dew
seed; 6 sacks bean seed.
Seventy three cotton samples; 20
| bales cotton; 80 trucks mixed fruit
and vegetables; 60 ranches were
visited in the interest of noxious
weed control; 112 ranches were
visited during frost survey Of truck
crops.
The following goods were inspect
ed and refused admittance into the
county: - u
Nine sacks alfalfa seed due to
Dodder infestation; l box of or
anges infested with scale; 3 truck
loads oranges infested with scale;
truck load of oranges infested
with Mealy bug.
The following were inspected and
sealed:
Sixty six counter scales; 9 spring
scales; II computing scales; 81
! platform scales; 81 wagon scales;