THE PRICKLY PEAR.
SEEKING A DESTRUCTOR
The Victorian Minister for Markets and Migration,, Sir Victor Wilson, said recently that at a recent meeting of the Commonwealth Prickly Pear Board it had been decided to send an entomologist immediately to Mexico, which is said to be the oiriginal home of the prickly pear, and where it is believed there are many species of insects which attack the pear. Any one of thess, might prove of in* estimate value in controlling the pear in Australia, ' ' e- : The board has also decided, said Sir , Victor, to extend its operations in Australia SO ,*s to breed more rapidly largo numbers of insects /or distr^uon.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19265, 2 March 1926, Page 9
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110THE PRICKLY PEAR. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19265, 2 March 1926, Page 9
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