BOARD: The orchard review board.
NEGLECTED OR ABANDONED: Any orchard or private orchard where standard orchard or private orchard management practices as described in state and regional publications are not being met and one or more pests, pathogens, disease or conditions of economic consequence to the particular crop being grown exist.
ORCHARD: An area that has five (5) or more fruit trees, wild or cultivated, and is currently or has been used for commercial purposes.
PESTS, PATHOGENS, DISEASES, CONDITIONS OF ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE TO POME FRUITS:
Include:
A. Presence of Venturia inaequalis as evidenced by the disease, scab, the condition of corky scab lesions on apple fruit;
B. Presence of Physalospora/Botryosphaeria species as evidenced by the disease, black rot (frog-eye leaf spot), the condition of black, rotted apple fruit or spotted leaves;
C. Presence of codling moth;
D. Presence of plum curculio;
E. Presence of any other insect pest, or plant pathogen (disease), or articulable conditions of economic consequence.
PESTS, PATHOGENS, DISEASES, CONDITIONS OF ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE TO STONE FRUITS:
Include:
A. Presence of Monilinia fructicola as evidenced by the disease, brown rot, or the condition where peaches become mummified because of infection;
B. Presence of oriental fruit moth;
C. Presence of plum curculio;
D. Presence of twig borer;
E. Presence of any other insect pest, or plant pathogen (disease), or articulable conditions of economic consequence.
PRIVATE ORCHARD: Privately owned fruit trees, the fruit from which is used solely for the consumption of the owner's family members. (Ord. 91-04, 8-12-1991; amd. Ord. 94-08, 5-16-1994)