The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-12-08

The report of Superintendent Kotin
sky of the chronological Division o.
the Board Of Agriculture and Forestry
for the month of November, was pre-
sented to the members at yesterday
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 turnlps.
This pest. (greedy scale) has made sia
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 a customs official our
attention was brought to lot Of ten
cases of chestnuts, consigned to Jap
anese firm, that was heavily infested
with the grubs of chestnut weevil.
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 flame
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-
terous borer in herbs from the Orient;
seven species of scale bugs (red, 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
practically but one variety in the coun'
try. The question was brought to q
focus when citizen made application
for permission to import plants of the
rough-leaf variety from Australia. You
president referred the matter to me fol
consultation with plant pathologists
since the prohibiting regulation wa'
| passed in order to prevent the possible
importation of fungus disease. After
consulting both Mr.. Lewton-Brain and
DR.. Wilcox, as well as prominent pine
apple grower, reached the conclusion
that it is desirable to introduce new
varieties of the plant, that the prohibi
tive measure is no longer tenable in
view of the quarantine facilities of the
| United States Experiment Station kind
ly placed at our disposal by DIR. E. v
Wilcox, and our own improved facili
ties for fumigation and disinfection Of
such imports. In view of these circum
stances / addressed your president, pre-
senting these facts to his consideration
and advising modification of the
regulation of pineapple plant importa
tion in accordance with those facts.
Ladybirds to Italy.
After several days collecting we de-
spatched large collection of useful
insects, principally ladybrids, to DR.. +
Silvestri, the eminent Italian Govern
ment Entomologist at Portici, who Wis
tied us recently, then in New York
City, to take with him to his native
country. To be on terms of exchange
of useful insects with as many entc
mologists as possible is an advantag,
that may result in untold good any time
Dock Laboratory.
On the 3lst of the month we com
menced. building the laboratory on tn
Oceanic dock. This is to be room
l2xl6, adjoining our fumigatory there
1t will have two windows facing For
street, or what is left of it by the coa
pile, one window on to the dock, and
door for entrance on the Ewa.maka
corner. Within it we are to have desks
table for work and storage of speci
mems, stationery, etc. a cupboard 1