The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-05

the Board of Agriculture and Forestry
for the month of November, was pre-
scented to the members at yesterday Is
meeting. In part it is as follows:
Pests Destroyed.
Every lot of this vegetable (tur-
nips) imported during the month was
found dirty and wormy. AS the pest
is not yet recorded from the Territory
we are anxious to keep it out, and,
therefore, consigned to the flames all
the twenty-five parcels that came. We
are firmly determined to admit none but
absolutely clean turnips.
This pest (greedy seale) has made six
attempts to enter the Territory during
October, but was foiled each time by
fumigation of forty-two parcels and
burning of another of the fruit upon
which it was stealing the ride.
By courtesy of customs official our
attention was brought to lot of ten
cases of chestputs, consigned to Jap
anese firm, that was heavily infested
with the grubs of a chestnut weevll.
When the manager of the firm was in
formed that some action would have to
be taken he readily consented to carry
out whatever instructions we may issue.
After some deliberation it was decided
that thorough boiling in hot water
would destroy the weevils and save the
edible portion of the fruit to the owner.
In our presence this was carried out
the next day.
BY means of fumigation and fame
we also blocked the way at the point
of entry to the following: Weevil
(Curculionid) on ginseng, borers on or
chids, scale bugs, centipede and reaches
on another lot of orchids, and Coleop |
ferrous borer in herbs from the Orient;
seven species of scale bugs Cred, vel |
low, San Jose, cottony cushion, lecan-
ium, and two species of snow scale
(Chionaspis( and one of white fly Con
cut fowers) from the Coast.
The Pineapple Quarantine.
The Board regulations, as they at
present stand, prohibit entirely the I'M
portation of pineapple plants from Aus
tralia. But pineapple growers and
others interested expressed eagerness
to import new varieties, since at the
time the bars were raised there was
but one variety in the coun-
try. The question was brought to
focus when a citizen made application
for permission to import plants of the
variety from Australia. Your
president referred the matter to me for
with plant pathOlogists,
since the prohibiting regulation was
passed in order to prevent the possible
of fungus disease. After
both Mr.. LewtonBrain and
DR.. Wilcox, as well as prominent pine
apple grower, reached the conclusion
hat it is desirable to introduce new
of the plant, that the prohibit
i've measure is no longer tenable in
REV of the quarantine facilities of the
United States Experiment Station kind
V placed at our disposal by DR.. E. V.
Wilcox, and our own improved facili-
les for fumigation and disinfection of
uch imports In view of these circum-
stances I addressed your president, pre-
enting these facts to his consideration
md advising modification of the
equation of pineapple plant importa-
ion in accordance with those facts.
Ladybirds to Italy.
After several days collecting we de-
patched a large collection of useful
Insects, principally ladybrids, to DR.. F.
'ilvestri the eminent italian Govern
nent EntomoIogist at POrtici, who Wis
ted us recently, then in New York
'ity, to take with him to his native
ountry To be on terms of exchange ;
f useful insects with as many ento-
biologists as possible is an advantage +
hat may result in untold good any time Z
Dock Laboratory.
On the 3lst of the month we com /
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