A NEW APPLE PEST.
The apple grower has many troubles to contend with, anti for some time past the principal one has been the codlin moth. But now it appears that a more dire enemy is making its appearance in the colonies to cause still further worries to the unfortunate orchardist. The Premier of South Australia has written to the New Zealand Government announcing the discovery in that colony of a new apple pest, found in a consignment of apples from the United States, This pest is supposed to be the “apple maggot,” and from the description sent from South Australia Sir James Hector and Mr Moskell are inclined to that opinion. It is said to. be a worse pest than the famous codlin moth, inasmuch ss this maggot eats through and destroys the entire fleßh of the apple, and causes the fruit to drop from the trees in an early stage of its growth. Tho codlin moth only attacks the core ot the apple, leaving in the majority of cases the flesh of the fruit in a sound condition fit for use. The Government have written to South Australia far further details, and if the pest is aa bad as it ia described, they will probably join with South Australia in prohibiting the importation of apples from the United States.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 934, 24 January 1890, Page 19
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221A NEW APPLE PEST. New Zealand Mail, Issue 934, 24 January 1890, Page 19
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