BLACKBERRY PARASITE.
SMALL BLACK FLY. DISCOVERY AT OTIRA. A report that a blackberry bush on t the Otira line was being destroyed by a small black parasite eating the teniderest leaves in the centre of tho shoots was referred to officers of the Department of Agriculture, at Greymouth. They stated that the matter had not been reported to them, and thus they could only hazard a guess at the nature of the parasite. The nature of the report of the work of "the parasite, however, led the officers to believe that it might be the rust fly, which temporarily destroyed areas of blackberry in the Buller district some years ago. On that occasion, the work of the fly was referred to the Cawthron Institute, but it was then found that the fly could not bo used for the destruction of blackberries, as it attacked other useful plants, , I particularly raspberries, just as much.
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Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 20241, 18 February 1938, Page 4
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153BLACKBERRY PARASITE. Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 20241, 18 February 1938, Page 4
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