The quest of perfect fruit is leading to many unusual discoveries. The latest is the.use of dried roots and flowers of certain .plants as inscctides . which can destroy pests which have hitherto baffled scientists. In Peru the roots of the barbaso plant are'being powdered into a spray to eliminate fruit flies, while in Kenya many acres are being devoted to the cultivation of pyrethrums, whose flowers and stalks yield a liquid with an- insect-killing] power three times greater than that of any other known preparation.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7246, 28 August 1933, Page 4
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