The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-12-05
DEADLY PLANT BLIGHT
DISCOVERED IN KONA

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tory has been met and. u r. 20 be
hoped, vanaulshed by the entomolo-
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,ossor t,oohata had aIraad,, hoo,,n Go
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ne doad,,, Zoo ~ ,bo .,as,royar
\ par,icuIars ~ tho most imnortant
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| ~ As,r,crl,ura ana Eorestr,, vastardav
nv Jacoh Kotlnslv of the acknowledged
| diyIs,o,, D., a;rac,ion 30 sunariptand-
ont Aioxan5ar craw ho nod gopa "a
l<ona 1Iouaii 20 ,n,,as,,oa,a ronort
Of The annearanco ~ q aca,e Night
,hara T., a. ,hso,oa -, NJ 60, no
no,y rood tho ofso,a, raror, -, his In
vastiga,ion
| Tho nast vas ranortaa .o ho unor
tho vanilla rIo,to,,on ~ n II "a
| ua,as uon,uro, u,haro o.ho,. ,,r,d-
ucts tban ,,aniIIo orc c,,I,iva,aa NJ
Ko,ins,,,, so,ra hoth ,ha o,,a,,a scoIa
o,d ,ho go, -, in,astir,, so,,,o
yontua ,,,o,ts ard ,,,,,a ,raas thara
This oreen b,,, u,as mona otber than
the scourga that had DESTROYED the
ooT,oa ,iantatiops Of CayIor 90 al
ready stated. within the space of sew
enteen years. 1t was a notorious pest
of Ceylon, Mauritius and South Africa,
and known as terribly destructive to
rubber, guava and other trees.
Mr.. Kotinsky believed from the
fortunately slight Roadway it had gain
| ed in Kona, that only a few of the bugs
were imported and that parasite al
ready sent here by Professor Koebele
from Australia TO prey on other nests
had nromptlv engaged them in a war
of determination. Mr.. Edwards, be-
fore the entomologist left. had uproot-
ed and burned all of the Inflated trees
and plants
II was fairly established that the
nest had come on vanilla nlants from
Fiji. Mr.. Kotinsky made a thorough
search for other nests in Kona. He
found a brown scale on vanilla vines
Referring to LAY" talk about danger
from narasites introduced to fight rests,
he declared that he knew of no COM
potent entomologist VINO peileVed that
the iantana parasite introduced oy
frof. hoepeie hau ATTACKED any other
plants
oIhhh PESTS
Mr.. Kotinsky had looked up the tor
pedo bug" to which some coffee grow
ers attributed a % per cent. loss of
crops. 1t was not discovered in such
abundance as would justify so serious
complaint, and the Investigator
thought parasite sent from Australia
by Prof. Koebele last winter was eff
fective against it.
The entomologist expressed disap-
pointment at the lack of interest shown
by ranchmen I'm efforts to suppress the
horn fly. He sent request for labor
atory material needed in the investi-
CATION to all of the managing graziers
in the country but from only two or
them had any replies been received. A
search he had made for two hours In
Kona had resulted In finding but three
of the horn fly pupae. At Leilehua on
this island he found only a few, but
roundup of $50 cattle in the noun
tain above there revealed a multitude.
LANTANA BLIGHTS.
On the road down to Kailua Ha-
yaii no found tho reaI "1a,i blight p,
on the lantana, and spoke of the care
lessness of cultivators who allowed
such pest to many useful plants to
spread
Mr.. Brown, while admitting that
koebele's insect that stings the seed
Is the most effective destroyer of Ian
tana, said the Maui blight to his
knowledge had killed lantana. Mr..
Giffard said the same blight had been
in Ceylon a quarter of century with
out destroying lantana, while it was
, a deadly pest to useful vegetation. Mr..
Thurston spoke of the Koebele para
sites effective work along the Tanta-
lus driveway.
Mr.. Kotinsky suggested that a petit
tion be sent to the Secretary of Agri-
culture. asking him to detail plant