| Show I Gov Lee Leo Vetoes Fund to Control Peach Mosaic in Grand County One of the 25 items Hems in the general appropriations bill bUl pass pass- td d by the thc recent legislature which were disapproved by Gov J. J Bracken Lee before he signed It Saturday Was iwas an appropriation appropriation ap ap- of 2000 for the next biennium for the control of peach mosaic in Grand coun coun- Ity ty This sum had been granted grante by the state legislature for the I past four years and has been expended at tit t the rate of 1000 a year to fight light the disease Since the legislature first granted this appropriation In 1945 effective results rests res ts have been made in stamping out the disease disease dis- dis ease ase in Moab orchards Ten years ago it was impossible to raise aise peaches in Moab due to the he prevalence of the disease in the he orchards The percentage tage of infected trees in some cases eases was wass wasas wasas I as s high as 50 per cent As a result re- re suit sult of control greatly aided by the state grant the virus has been cut to les less than one ne of one per cent and the i Mob peach harvest last year I brought rought in close to The veto by the governor of this his insignificant item in the appropriations bill is a keen low blow and disappointment to local ocal fruit growers grO |
