The Fruit-Fly

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 83, 2 January 1935, Page 11

The Fruit-Fly

Sir, —We have been given to understand on many occasions .that the menace of the introduction of the fruit-fly into New Zealand from Australia is Only propaganda on the part of the loc'al citrus grower, in an endeavour to keep Australian fruit out of New Zealand, and that in actual fact the .pest is practically non-existent there. In this connection it is interesting to read bite following extract, under the heading “Fruit Growing,” from the “Sydney Morning Herald” ot December 6 last:— ’ Fruitgrowers, shopkeepers and others are again reminded that all fruit infested with fruit-fly must immediately be destroyed by boiling, burning, or by insertion in a properly constructed fly-proof pit. All fallen fruit must be gathered, and the waste dis- ' posed of in the same way. It should not be forgotten that the necessity for spraying and trapping applies to all growers, no matter how small tho number of trees. In the face of this it is difficult to understand the argument which has been advanced on so many occasions, that the embargo on Australian fruit has not been justified.—l am, etc., H. B. MOUNTFORT, Secretary, Tauranga Citrus Association, Ltd. Tauranga, December 27,