THE FRUIT FLY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 89, 8 January 1908, Page 2

THE FRUIT FLY.

AN ALARMING INCREASE. 7 . Tho, increased .violenco : with, eovoinl species of fruit fly have attaoked ? A n< M' Ills year will-be roabsedifrom';" tho fact that while.Jast yoar tho- numbkiof •> --condemned at Wellington was 1025." fircf r al , r ,eady. c°ndomnod<dunngi tholiino months of .the present year-—the year being reckoned from April to Maichino niliV ntill /' a " d the I ro 810 thr « fl heavy , I 4 0! ? omo - , At tho present* rata , there is a. likelihood that this year's number will bo double that of last year. ThV AnriMn n CaS f con , de " lnod for Ay, from April May June July. Aug. Oct. Nov. Dec.

pro , viou s December the demned numbored only 840. •" * j , ec .e|nbor , aiid _ 'January. aro : ' the ' nirin& of. r v an 1 S r!?, e a" prolific. .conveyed 1 j ' P stone fruit h&s escantvV 'i• ■ : 'AustraliansVflijd- it'-.worth' their while to l»oep oil shipping Fruit Hy afi m ° re if 3 on Australian fruit, fo it? S ' IS ora " Ee crop catering toi itsi needs during the winter. September was the only month in tho year when no fly.. infection was discovered. Importers ' l ti Cl tho°ronn r ?° m ° , fairl * * 011 accustomed I °r *. Co " d ei)inatioi)s,; and treat ■ I their misfoi tunes, philosophically. .Where' • I tho, shoo pinches most painfully is m 'th'n'cn instances 'in which an unw.tt L pa «e w b ingmg over a solitary much-prized ££ »~m>-Jsr 1 ' *» 'The danger to Now Zealand orchard tncse. infected , shipments 'is very-real • ««<?'"• !

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