2006 New York Code - Spraying Fruit Trees Or Crops With Poison.

 
    § 169-a. Spraying  fruit  trees  or crops with poison.  Any person who
  sprays with or applies in any way poison or any poisonous  substance  to
  fruit  trees  or  any  alfalfa and clovers grown as field crops while in
  blossom, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a  fine  of  not  less
  than  ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each offense except as
  hereinafter provided.
    The commissioner of agriculture and markets may, after public hearing,
  permit the use of specific materials for fruit blossom  thinning  sprays
  during  the  current  year.  The  provisions  of  this section shall not
  prevent the New York State College of Agriculture and  the  Agricultural
  Experiment   Station  at  Geneva  from  conducting  experiments  in  the
  application of poisons and spraying mixtures to  fruit  trees  while  in
  blossom.