THE BLACKBERRY PROBLEM.
Currency has been given to a report that insect enemies of the blackberry, including one that attacks the blossoms are undergoing tests at the Wellington insectaries. It has been accompanied by a warning that the propagation of such insects might imperil raspberry and loganberry plqntations. The matter was referred to Professor T. H. Easterfield, Director of the Cawthron Institute, who stated: —“So far as is known to us no blackberry experiments are being carried out at insectaries in Wellington. No insects are known to the entomologists at the Cawthron Institute which attack the flower clusters of the blackberry, and my officers would be glad to hear of any insects which have developed this habit.” Professor Easterfield emphasised the fact that no insects are introduced into the Cawthron Institute without the consent of the Government, and that an undertaking has been given that no insect will bo liberated without the consent of the Minister of Internal Affairs. This consent is only given after consultation with the Department of Agriculture and with a special committee appointed by the Board of Scientific and Industrial Research.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3772, 27 March 1928, Page 1
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185THE BLACKBERRY PROBLEM. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3772, 27 March 1928, Page 1
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