FIFTY YEARS AGO
CODLIN MOTH PEST The prevalence of the codlin moth in fruit grown in various parts of New Zealand was the cause of concern among orchardists 50 years ago. The following extract from the New Zealand Herald of >Tune 8, 1888, refers to the proposed Godlin Moth Bill: "The Canterbury Fruitgrowers' Association approves of the principle of the Codlin Moth Bill, and suggests that the proposed tax should be levied on apples, quinces and pears only. It considers that the only effectual method of checking the further spread of the insects is to prohibit the importation of fruit and trees frpm infected areas into clean districts; that' the importation of fruit and trees from Tasmania, Australia and America should be prohibited, and that Parliament be recommended to increase the duty on imported fruit to a pound."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23058, 8 June 1938, Page 10
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