THE CODLIN MOTH IS DOOMED.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11421, 1 December 1904, Page 4

THE CODLIN MOTH IS DOOMED.

The most important discovery that^ has ever been made .for the benefit of" horticulture is announced. The , parasite&that destroys the b c6dlin moth "has- been', found in South America by art expert eituployed jointly by the State of 'California^ T and By West Australia, to find beneficial- Unseeds that are born to prey upon those that *t e injurious. The announcement is ! made. By the San Francisco Call, and according; to this authority the genuineness of.the/discovery is vouched for by the fact tnit the apple orchards that are the habitant of the newly-found parasite bring 95 .p6r cent of their fruit to maturity. In fornia and' in all other portions of the world hitherto the product of the world?* apple and pear orchards lias not been more than -30 per cent to '35r per cent ooiv^fcfie promise at setting. -The discovery ''oft tire codlin moth destroyer, which' haa^b^eSi sought in vain "for -Many years,- .tßerefJre means, that the world's output' of .apples and pears can be made) reliably ; arid.s^ularly, about three times-- its • present JbJzjJj-. There* will be three- good pears and 'tß^jp . good apples in all part's of the wprld ( ,wljste there is now one of «a.eh. The apple/and the pear are to be found in all par^s'^o;! the world where the climate I ' is tenipej^tgThe codlin, moth is. also to be found^all over the world. The vicious insect cs^ms apples and pears to be' wormy, and - fajje at heart and to drop prematurely from>th'e trees. It preys on apples, and pears 'wijSi equal and impartial dili'g6ttce, and^llju been a destroyer of these luscious fruits for centuries. The expert- has sailed | frpni West Australia to forward' to San.'FiFancisco'the first colonies of the codliijLiELC^i's tiny but invincible foes. ' There/. thje|cplonies, will be cultivated. Billions', of i'sh# parasites may easily be raised under^vourable conditions. From San ' Francisco the colonies may be forwarded to^aliiparfs of the w©rld. 1$ is said tha4- < wJieEe.verti^ • c^U^ iriotfi lives the will also thrive; regardless' of extr^me^of temperature. Consequently the discovery" becomes at once of world-wide importance. Tlie first of the codlin moth parasite >riil probably arrive at San Francisco before the expiration of the present year, and tlie | work of multiplying the parasites will at once be prosecuted. . , ; „-v