FRUIT FLY
AND ISLAND TOMATOES
NOT A SOURCE OF DANGER
Statements have been made from time to time that the importation of Cook Island tomatoes is a source of danger to the introduction of the Barotonga fruit fly (Dacus Mclanotus) into the Dominion.
The authorities contend that this fly has never been known to attack tomatoes during the 16 years this fruit has been grown in the Group, nor has it ever been known to live for any length of time in a temperate climate. . A recent roport that eggs of the Dacus Mclanotus were found in an Auckland auction room in Cook Island tomatoes has been investigated by tho Minister for tho Cook Islands (Sir Apirana Ngata), who stated to-day that the eggs have been hatched out by the Department of Agriculture and are dofinitely identified, not a 8 Dacus Melanotus, but as Muscina Stabnlans, a common species which breeds freely in vegetable matter. „
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 137, 8 December 1930, Page 13
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155FRUIT FLY Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 137, 8 December 1930, Page 13
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