PRICKLY PEAR
*■ I NATURAL ENEMIKS DISCOVERED. (Bee. November (i, 0.10 a.m.) New York, November 4. The Australian Press Association interviewed Professor Johnston, who stated thai, after investigations in the United nT:it'es 1111"! Mexico, lie found that the following prickly pear enemies existed:— A fungus named gloeosporium; insects, including boring larvae or moths, called militant, and 'to a less extent boring 'booties; alto one or two forms of wild cochineal, whose activities are largely comxolled by parasitic insects. There is aiso a certain kind of platll bug wlwso. attacks interfere with tlie growth of the prickly pear.—Ana -N.Z. Cable Aean,
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 36, 6 November 1920, Page 7
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99PRICKLY PEAR Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 36, 6 November 1920, Page 7
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