Wasps Proving Menace To Fruitgrowers
' WELLINGTON, August 18. Wasps introduced in the Waikato, distriet and now spreading far and wide in the North Isjand had become a serious menace to fruitgrowers, said Mr. V. ITartlaud (Auckland) at the annual conference of growei'S .. today. While they were first "l'ate insect hunter s in the season, they turned into honey robbers and were seriously destructive to ripening apples, pears. peaclies and plums. Mr. Hartlaiid said they were a threat to the fruit; growing industry. Every nest discovered sholild be destroyed and the Department ot Agriculture advised so that the spread of the pest could be eliecked asjar : as possible. f, The Director of the Horticultural Division of the Department of Agriculture, Mr. A. M. W. Greig, said that New Zealand was fortunate in that it had a wide sea barrier against insect pests but all the same a wide variety of "bugs and beasties" had come into the country in one way or another. "I, hope," he said, "that we are not going to bolt the door after the horse #has got out — or rather after these pests have got in — but we have to give tnore thorough consideration toiplant quatantine. " The apparently easy method, he added, was to prohibit the importation of all overseas fruits and plants but practieally that was not possible,
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Chronicle (Levin), 19 August 1949, Page 5
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