DISEASED FRUIT.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3408, 12 February 1920, Page 7

DISEASED FRUIT.

DESTROYED AT ALICKLAND. AUCKLAND, Feb. 10‘

Two tons of pours w."!'c condemned in the city fsuit 111z11'k0':S and burned in the destructor. The condemned fruit‘ was illf'oc‘ro:l with Scab, scale, and other skin (liSe:,lsu.<. \lnquiry at Hm nlzll'l{ct revealed thc fact th'lt rhc majol'i‘fy of the condemned fruit C;-.n'.v vom grmvcrs who, the ixlspnctcf st .-:.-s have refused to be guided by «:on~‘ta:xt wal'llings about the comlitiun ~'r.' thvir produce. M

>-‘!<m:> ,t'l'uit disease, known .15 “‘m'o\\'n rot,” which made its appearance in New Zealaml o«rcllards'abolr! three years ago, is also '.*ery prevalent this yem‘. One au(:tioneel' stated that growers supplying him had been severely handicapped by the disease, and in illustration of his remarks he displayed a pile of leaking cases containing rotten apricots, which, he said, the grower had certified had left his hands in perfect condition. A peculiar t'eatll'o about this disease, which is particularly contagious, is that it does not e-am.) within the scope of the po.\'e"-2 of a fruit inspector. ‘He has VlO aiitl.-orzty to deal with 1~~:l:(:.~' no (‘X{\l)llI1{1l‘l()I]. The I'-15:12]? is that edible pears infected w-T2771 :=l<'m Cliscztse only are sent to the destruct,o"_, Wllile_peaelles, z:.':t_.lr':ne'_=. and plums infected with !)I"v\xm roi: are :11lcwed ‘to go through the I-11.'{'!L.s and to ‘ be distributed thl'ougho.l: thc eolu;’czy.l This is an anomaly vvlrlei it is .~tat'dl is causing no littl. :Iple=:'(~rmns‘.'on ‘.«~‘ both dealer and gr.m'»\l' i