CODLIN MOTH.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2286, 21 November 1889, Page 3

CODLIN MOTH.

♦ — (FJli P&E3S ASSOCIATION;.) Auoklakd, November 21 It la stated that the oodlln moth is •till being brought Into the colony le large numbers, abd that the efforts cf otohwdia a to eradicate the pest ere rendered nugatory by tho ouplneness of tbe Government In the matter of tbe precautionary examination of imported frnit. Mr Boberti of Onehung*, ■ Informs the 11 Herlad " that one day at the end of last week, be was asked by some neighbors to take out three cases of apples to Ooehunga from an auction mart. Ho did ao, and on reaching home bis atteotlou was drawn to oodlln moth grabs In tha crevices of one of tbe coper?. He got tbe oaso opoped, *nd out of the first three applet found ove contalnltg * codlln moth grub. Shortly aflerwatca s>n express cart came along with twenty oases of the tame brand of apples to to despatched" to Wellington. The apples were Imported from California, Mid Roberts cays that at the vezy time thete diseased apples came to Onehor.ga, he had been busy syringing biH own nppse trees to get rid of the codlln moth peat, while the Government were allowing it to be distributed far »nd wide.