DESTRUCTION OF FRUIT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 51, 29 February 1916, Page 9

DESTRUCTION OF FRUIT.

f ____ ' (To the Editor.) , Sir,—Your correspondent T. Allan has already pointed but the absurd, action of the Department of Agriculture in ordering the destruction of apples while fruit ie so scarce, but I have a few worde to cay in even stronger protest against their action in sending an inspector to owners of private orchards , containing a dozen or so of trees, the spare fruitof. these trees being given away (not sold), with instructions to the recipients to burn the peelings, etc., in case there should be any moth. In one instance I know of, the orchard contains very few trees on six acres of land, so there is little fear of any probable codlin motli being carried to distant orchards, yet an inspector goes to the unfortunate owner of the few trees and threatens heavy fines, etc., if they are not sprayed with poison or cut down. It is hard to procure suitable labour now, as. all our. best workers who have not gone to the war are required for necessary work, and not for' paltry meddling, such as the fiasco described above. —I am, etc., SUFFERER.