Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-13

! tion of orchards during the ripen
ing and harvest seasons. is express
ed for the federal government t,
Director Hecke by DIR. C. l.. Marlatt
chief of the plant quarantine anC
Control administration at Washing
| ton. DR.. Marlatt also has advised
Heeke that he would be glad to hav,
his representative, P. A. Hoidal,
who is at present in charge of tn,
nine states survey, come to Califor
MIA for the purpose of investigating
the methods employed and the dat;
assembled in connection with tn,
fruit fly survey in this state.
California survey is now in full
swing, according to reports to Di
rector Hecke at the clnse of tn,
week. In the codnties south of tn,
Tehachapi the surve" of the entir,
citrus belt il practically complete,
and many valuable Cata have beer
secured. TIL work frota nov on viii
Ne making detailed Iroi c,ty surveys
and gathering further facts.
The entire survey is in charge o
d. b. Maekie, expert entomologis
of the state department of agricul
| ture, as general supervisor. As col
! laborators and contact men in thei
respective areas, Mackie has ap
pointed horticultural commissioners
II. j. Ryan, Los Angeles; T. d. Ur
bahns, Sutter; 0. f. Bremen, So
noma; l.. r. Cody, Santa Clara
Fred p. Roullard, Fresno; and de
putty commissioners, P. V. Harrigan
Imperial, and Ethelbert Johnson
| Orange.
The counties of the state are di
vided into five districts, each Will
its district supervisor and two in
spectors with crews of three assis
tants. The personnel of this organi
zation is as follows:
First district, 19 counties: J. T
Curry, district supervisor, W. h
Carter, inspector.
Second district, 10 counties, il
central California and including til
coast counties of San Luis Obispo
Monterey and Santa Clara; NJ. /
Jones, district supervisor; f. Gam
mon and f. p Bernard, inspectors
Third district, ) bay counties: +
c. Brosius, district supervisor an
collaboration.
Fourth district, the remainin
counties north of the Tchachapi
Warren p. Childs, supervisor.
Fifth district, II. J. Ryan, i
charge; Cyril Cannon, departmen
representative.
Mackie and Cannon are now i
the south district, planning wit
Commissioner Ryan for the exter
sion OF the survey to individual pre-
perties.. Commissioners Johnso
and Cody will give special after
tion to the study of wild plant
which may be hosts ot the fly.
In Sacramento county, Commi'
sioner A. f. Morrison is planning t
give particular attention to inspet
tion of residence properties for hos
plants among ornamentals and ga
dens and to keep a sharp lookout fc
citrus fruits which might be SUI
reptitiously brought in.
This survey in Imperial county
under way and is progressing yer
well. No indications of the fly hav
been found in any of the grove
visited.
/ Car load shipments of melons fror
the valley are still well oyer 40
ears per day with quality very gooC
the report states. Due to the 10
per cent cooperation of shipper:
who have paid over half the eos
of inspection, it has been possibl
rigidly to enforce the standardiza
tion laws. This has made possibl
the shipment of the best qualit
melons from Imperial valley tina
ths industry has ever known.
tiild,w cn canta'cupe was serio"
only where over lrr;:.; lion had bull
mp higl. water table and thu
weakened the ines. In most case
the damag, from ycor watering wa
blamed on the mildcg Sections o
the valley free. from squash p4,ene
infested wi over-watered M lew
hd not suffer from mildew- dam
age.
The honeydew crop was attacked
in most sections by cueCmbe
eetle larvae which injure the mali
roots. The great 1t damage, how
ever, il This t-'u,''e cru.c from
o,er wattring wEcr tie e.:
iured vines began a. wilt. G.jwcr
who Iersistcntl'" poisone III
beetles this spring ~ ] who did ne
over."a'or their fl, ld3 were not ser
iously affected. 1t ia estimat d tha
the hone, dew crap las been s'sor.an
I'd about so rer e-nr by this L,Csbl'
which rarely becomes serious on tn,
spring crop.
Waermelon shipments are in fnl
swing, are of good quality and hav'
found ready markets on the ccas
and in the northwest, at good prices
The following goods were inspect
ed and passed into the county dur
ing the month of June, 1928:
Two hundred and Is ornamentals
+, Is rose bushes; 26 honeysuckl'
vines; 100 gladiolus bulbs; 81 cam:
| bulbs; ferns; 6 water lilies;
sacks carrot seed; 2 sacks SORGHUM,
seed; IL sacks sudan seed; sacE
bermuda seed; 5 sacks milo maize,
/ sack sour orange seed; 48 sacks
lettuce seed; 22 truck loads orages
62 truck loads mixed fruit and vege
tables; 3 carloads bananas.
Reflections included: Two truck
loads oranges infested with scale;
90 boxes oranges infested will