DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE  
PESTICIDE AND PLANT PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT DIVISION  
REGULATION NO. 600. CHERRY PESTS  
(By authority of Act No. 86 of the Public Acts of 1929, being S286.81 et seq. of the  
Michigan Compiled Laws)  
R 285.600.1 Protection of cherry industry; control of cherry fruit flies and other  
cherry pests.  
Rule 1. (1) The owner or person having charge of cherry trees or cherry orchards shall  
immediately following the emergence of the cherry fly in the locality in which his trees or  
orchards are located, cause the same to be sprayed according to the recommendations set  
forth in the most recent issue of the Michigan State College spraying calendar being  
extension bulletin no. 154 revised.  
(2) When cherry trees are found to be infested with cherry fruit flies the property owner  
or his authorized agent must without delay proceed to control the infestation by 1 of the  
following methods:  
(a) Pick the fruit from the infested trees and completely destroy same by burning in the  
presence of an authorized employee of the department.  
(b) Pick the fruit and bury same 2 feet below the surface of the ground after covering with  
quick lime in the presence of an authorized employee of this department.  
(c) Thoroughly spray infested trees with a solution of 2 pounds of 15% parathion under  
the supervision of an authorized employee of this department. Canning factories or any  
person or persons into whose possession infested cherries may come, are charged with and  
will be held responsible for the disposition of cherries containing cherry fruit fly maggots  
in the manner and form as above described.  
(3) It is declared to be illegal for any person or persons operating any car, vessel, boat,  
truck, automobile, aircraft, wagon or other vehicle, to transport from 1 point to another  
within the state, cherries infested with the cherry fruit fly in any living stage of its  
development, and it is further declared to be illegal for any canning factory, dealer, or  
other person to receive for canning or to can, or to have in possession with intent to can or  
sell, cherries infested with the cherry fruit fly.  
History: 1979 AC.  
Page 1  
Courtesy of Michigan Administrative Rules  
;