The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-12-05


one hundred and thirteen thousand
oranges. went up In smoke from the
classic Iwliel district yesterday Tue
FIRE department was not called out. and
no attempt was made TO save any o.
the oranges. In fact MIR. Alexander
Crnw. Superintendent OF the Division VI
and Chief Inspector under
the Board OF Agriculture and Forestry,
caused the oranges to be anointed with
two cases Of kerosene oil and himself
lighted the fire which nipped in the bud
the attempt OF certain japanese i'm
porters to defy the law which prohibits
the importation OF fruit infected with
injurious scales. bllghts and insects.
As soon ms the Injunction was issued
last Friday, prohibiting the importers
and Deputy Sheriff Kalakiela from in
terferlng with the Board of Agricul-
ture in the discharge OF its duties, Pro-
fessor Craw and his assistant, Jacob
Kotinsky, began close inspection OF
the fruit.
They found ninety-nine per cent. of
the oranges to be infected by thirteen
varieties of dangerous scales, blights
and insects, ONE A SPECIES OF
LEAF HOPPER, and condemned the
whole lot. Later the oranges were all
carted to the Iwilei rubbish dump and
there burned under Mr.. Craw's super
vision.
The following is Mr.. Craw's report to
the Board of Agriculture and Forestry
concerning the matter:
MIR. CRAw'S REPORT.
Honolulu, T. H., Dee. 4, 1905.
Board of Agriculture and Forestry,
Honolulu, t. H.
Gentlemen: Immediately upon the
issuance of the injunction prohibiting
the importers of the oranges which ar
rived by the steamer Doric on the
Goth ult. and the Deputy Sheriff, from
interfering with the inspection of said
oranges, proceeded to make careful in
spection of the said oranges to ascer-
tain if they were infected with any in
sects or blight dangerous to the vege-
tation of this Territory.
NUMBER OF ORANGES.
There were 1862 boxes, or equivalent
packages, of oranges containing an av-
erage of 80 oranges to the box, or ap.
proximately 1890 oranges in the to-
tai lot examined.
examined boxes taken at random
from each of the eight brands, eXamin-
ing every orange in each box selected
for examination.
On oranges from packages branded
Is. b. F.) l found six varieties of
scale insects, red spider and two fun
gus growths.
On oranges from packages branded
TX. I) ! found four species of scale
insect and one fungus.
On oranges from packages branded
(Y. o. / found five species of scale
insects, one fungus growth and an in
sect nearly related to the Leaf Hopper
On oranges from packages branded
| OK. o. / found six species of scale in
sects and one species of fungus
| growth.
On oranges from packages branded
| TX. S. Ky | found eight species OF
| scale insects, red spider, two species
of fungus growth and one species OF
| fly larvae.
On oranges from packages branded
| (K.) l found five species of scale in
sects and one species of fungus growth
On oranges from packages branded
| Il. K.) found four species of scale in
sects and one species of fungus growth
There are still 100 packages branded
! (K.) which are still in the possession
| of the Custom House authorities and
have not therefore been inspected.
INJURIOUS INSECTS FOUND.
The following are the names of the
insects and fungi found on the oranges
in question, viz:
l. Scale insects, Chionaspis citri.
.. Scale insects, Aspidiotus alba
punctatus.
8. Scale insects, Lepidosaphes glo
verii.
A. Scale insects, Parlatoria protcus,
5. Scale insects, Parlatoria pergan
del.
| 6. Scale insects, Dactylopius sp.
z. Scale insects, Aspidiotus duplex
s. Scale insects, Parlatoria pergan
del
9. Scale insects, Lepidosaphis pal
Ida.
/. Fungus, Cladosporum citri.
2. Fungus, black skin speck.
/. Miscellaneous, red spider, TIC
tranychus.
e. Miscellaneous, Psyllid nearly re
lated to leaf hopper.
NINETY-NINE PER CENT. WERE
INFECTED.
Number of Oranges Infected.-Ap
proximately 1900 individual orange
were examined by me. Ninety.nin
per cent. of them were infested will
one or more species of the abov
enumerated scale insects or diseases.
found an average of not less than 5
individual specimens of the abov
enumerated insects or fungi upon eacl
and every orange examined by me.
The number of oranges examine
and their selection at random fror
every brand of the whole lot, and tn
state in which I found them is ampl
evidence on which to decide that all o
the various lots are infected with in
sects and diseases dangerous to vegeta
ton, more particularly to fruit tree
and plants in this Territory and to cor
denim them for that reason.
ALL ARE DANGEROUS.
Each and every one of the insect
and fungi above enumerated, with tn
possible exception of the fly larvae, a
to the species of which | am not quit
certain, are insects and fungi iniuri