A New Apple Pest

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 88, 18 January 1890, Page 3

A New Apple Pest

The apple grower has many trouble; to contend with, and for some timt past the principal one has been the codlin moth. But now it appears t&al a more dire enemy is making its appearance in the colonies to cause si ill further worries to the unfortunate orchardist. The Premier of South Australia haß written to the New Zealand Government announcing the discovery in that colony of a new apple pest, found in a consignment of apples from the United States. This pest is supposed to be the " apple maggot." and 'from the description sent from South Australia, Sir James Hector and Mr Maskeil are inclined to that opinion. It is said to b.e a worse pest than the famous codlin moth, inasmuch as this maggot eats through and destroys the entire flesh of the apple, and cause the fruit to drop from the trees in an early stage of its growth. The codlin moth only attacks the core of the apple, leaving in the majority of cases the fleah of the fruit in a sound condition fit for use. The Government have written to South Australia for further details, and if the pest is as bad as it is described they will probably join with -ou'h Australia in prohibiting the importation of apples from the United States.