The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-06-21
Earnest Discussion Of
Plans To Deal With The
Mediterranean Fruit FIV
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. terminated. The speakers show
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a luncheon was held at the Univer-
sity Club yesterday afternoon at which
were present representatives from the
scientific bodies, the government, the
military, commercial interests and the
press. President Gilmore presided
and among those who attended were
Governor Frear, Brgadier General
Aacomb, Albert Waterhouse, DR.. Will
cox, Entomologist Ehrhorn, ex-Gov-
ernor G. R. Carter, E. E. Paxton, Byron
10. Clark, Messrs. Higgins, Sweezy,
Prowse, Bryan, Editors R. o. Mathe-
son (AdvertiseD. w. r. Harrington
(Bulletin), Sheba (Hawaii Shinpo),
and a representative of the Star.
Before lunch had concluded, the
chairman stated that the object of the
gathering was to consider the matter
of taking united action with regard to
the Mediterranean fruit fly. He
thought that the best plan was to have
all those present learn something
about its habits, and other particulars
regarding this insect. He, therefore,
thought it good plan to have Ento-
mOlogist Ehrhorn address them on
the matter. After that the question of
what action should be taken could be
considered
Entomologist Ehrhorn said that the
Mediterranean fruit fly was known in
many parts of the world, and wherever
it had established itself it had always
been considered the worst pest in that
country. Australia had several other
species that attacked such fruits as
the bananas The Mediterranean fruit
fly had been found among the peach
and apple cultures there The melon
fly is known to exist in quite a num-
Der of countries; it was claimed that
it comes from India. He had recently
received a letter from an entomologist
at Bombay, who stated that parasites
had kept this pest under control to a
certain extent.
California Stirred Up.
The Mediterranean fruit fly was in
deed a very serious thing, and had Gre
ated quite a stir on the Pacific Coast
when the board of agriculture notified
the Coast it had made it's appearance
here. 1--WE thought it best to notify
them" said the entomologist, "be-
cause sooner or later they would have
heard of it indirectly, and they would
have taken it, perhaps, in a different
way. | believe that when we show
California that we are trying to stamp
it out, it will go a long way towards
assisting us. For instance, if they find
that the alligator pear is not affected
by the fruit fly, they might allow that
to go forward. A great many people
display much ignorance concerning
the fruit fly. Some think it is the
size of their hats, and others think
that it is the size of flea"
He then produced chart showing
some magnified pictures of the insects
and also showed specimens that had
been reared in the laboratory. Some
melon flies were also shown in order
to demonstrate the difference be-
tween the two specimens. The vine
gar fly was shown, the larvae of which
was frequently found in decayed fruits.
No Mediterranean Flies in Alligator
Pears.
81 have not reared the fly from the
ALLIGATOR pear" Ehrhorn continued,
nor from the wild guava. ! have
reared the fly from the white guava,
the cultivated guava, but l have not
raised it from the papaia, A party, a
few days ago, told me that his papaias
were full of maggots, but from the de
scription I obtain from him Che was a
GERMANY I think that it was only the
vinegar fly.
"The mango has been attacked by
the fruit fly, There is a mango tree
above a stable near my place and thai
t has apparently been attacked, while {
! papaia tree not very far away from i
shows no signs at all of having beer