THE FRUIT FLY.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 206, 28 August 1920, Page 12

THE FRUIT FLY.

9 Regarding the letter read at the meeting of the Council of the Chamber of Commerce about oranges affected with "fruit fly," Mr. Turner, managing director of E. Turner and Sons, has written to that body stating that no oranges bave been condemned for fruit fly in Auckland for at least several months, to his knowledge. In regard to the dumping of oranges, Mr. Turner states: "Most of the rotten oranges sorted out in re-packing shipments have been recently taken to sea, as the City Council refuses to accept any at the destructor to be burned." Referring to the statement that fruit fly was likely to be a menace to the orchard industry in this district, Mr. Turner points out that in years past when fruit which was very badly affected with the fly was landed in New Zealand, many thousand crises at a time, the oranges were taken to farms, and in some cases buried. Conse<juently it is only obvious to assume that the climate here is too rigorous for the fruit fly to exist. Apart from these facts, Mr. Turner points out further that every shipment of oranges coming to Auckland is inspected by the fruit inspector before the fruit is allowed to be landed.