The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-08

report the arrival of fourteen steam
ships and sailing vessels from outside
the Territory
We found thereon five thousand four
hundred and three (5403) packages of
fruits and vegetables; twelve Q2)
cases, boxes and bales of trees and
plants and seven ca packages by mail.
In my last report to you 1 should
have stated that on January 9 Mr..
George Compere, beneficial insect col
lector for the State of California, pass
ed through Honolulu on the S. S.
Sierra from Australia on his way to
San Francisco, after having visited the
Orient. He was rushed for time, but
l made it my duty to drive him
through Honolulu and it's suburbs,
calling his attention to our most seri-
Gus introduced insect pests, so that
should he find either in his future
travels he can make a search for their
natural checks. In correspondence
; with Mr.. Ellwood Cooper. the chief of
the California Horticultural Commits
sion he promised to furnish this board
with colonies of parasites of the pur-
pie scale" Mr. Compere requested me
to prepare a few orange trees by es-
tablshing them in boxes or tubs and
thoroughly infesting them with the
following scale insects-one species of
each tree--"Purple scale (Lepido-
saphes becki), the Florida red scale
tChrysOmphalus ficus) and the BLACK
parlatoria' Parlatoria ziphius). All
are very troublesome upon citrus and
various other trees on these islands
and are comparatively harmless to
such trees in China. Mr.. Compere is
how on his way to Southern Europe
in quest of beneficial insects for Cali
fornia and afterwards will visit China
when we can forward the infested
trees. In tbs way we will be more
successful in introducing the parasites,
rather than undertaking their tmpor-
tatfon on detached branches in cold
storage. The growing tree system l
successfully used a few years ago IN
sending internal parasites (Scutellista
cyanea) from California to Western
Australia, after several attempts had
been made in the old way by send
ings from California and Cape Colony.
l specially called his attention to that
serious pest. the avocado pear scale
tPseudococcEs nipaeD and hope he may
succeed in finding its enemy in his
travels.
on January Is a wardian case Of eco /
ncmic plants arrived ex s. s. Mongolia
from India via Hongkong, but they +
were all dead, probably from cold /
weather encountered on the voyage
near Japan. on the same steamer I
there arrived forty-four (4D cases Of {
oranges from China. and as they are (
from a district subject to fruit flies"
and excluded from the Territory Of /
Hawaii by your rules and regulations I
of October -, 1904. We destroyed them
also. the cases by burning.
In nv report 10 You of January Il /
I referred 10 the destruction by fire (
- fifty (-W cases Of oranges from
China ex : :. Siberia, January >, in
tested with a new fungus. sample OF
which I submitted to Dr.. y. 4. COBB,
If the Hawaiian Sugar
Planters Association. He stated that
II was new TO him" and "a good thing
to keep out" DR.. Cobb was called to
the island Of Hawaii to investigate
some matters there. so has not yet had
an opportunity 10 report upon the Chi
nese orange fungus.
On January - eX :. 5. Nebraskan
:. package arrived per mail contain
ing two lemon trees from Florida in
tested with 9white wax scale tCero-
olastes tioridensis). The owner was
.aIled to see their condition, after
which the trees We're burned. Another |
package by same mail contained d
oIant Of a new SALIVA upon which ]
found the scale Orthezia insignis. This
s the same insect that made it's APP
aearance on the lantana on the island
II Maui. and afterwards distributed
over that and other islands by the