582 Agricultural Gazette of N.S. W\ [Julu 2, 1908. 



Inspection of oi'clijinls uiulei- the X'iiic and Vegetation Diseases (FiTiit 

 Pests) Ac, 190(i, coiiinieiKHMl in May, liJ07. Tlu- fii'st Regulations, fitli 

 Marcli, 1907, were superseded by tliose ga/.elled on I'Ttli November, 1907, 

 and further amendments, including a peuilty elause, are now esseiiiial. The 

 following extracts are tVom the Novemhei-, 1907, Regulations: — • 



2. The fnllovvitig methods of treatment of plants aliected by any fruit pest shall, until 

 further notice, be deemed to be effective : — 



(n) For Codling Moth {Carporapxa pomonclln) — 



i. All apple, pear, and ([uince ti-ees must he bandaged witii a band of suitable 

 material with two folds, from the first day of November in each year until 

 the crop has lieen harvested. The banihxges nnist be examined at least 

 once in each ])erio(l of seven days, and all larva; and \Yi\yx found therein 

 destroyed. 



ii. All infected fiuit nuist i)c collected and destroyed at least once in each period 

 of four days.* 



iii. All apple, pear, and quince trees shall be kept clear of dead bark and broken 

 limbs. If, in the o[)inioii of an inspector, any siip])oits or other materials 

 attached io or used in connection with any such trees are likel\' to convey 

 any fruit pest, the inspector may require the owner or occupier to remove 

 or destroy such supports or other materials. 



iv. All fruit-trees remaining in any abandoned, deserted, or neglected orchard, 

 and being, in the o|)inion of an inspector, likely to convey any fruit pest, 

 shall be uprooted by the owner or occupier and destroyed. 



(h) For any species of Fruit Fly (Tephritida) — 



v. All infected fruit a)id windfalls (except wiiulfall lemons) must be collected 

 anil destroyed at least once in each period of three days : Provided that an 

 inspector may l)y notice in writing recjuii'e the owner or occupier to destroy 

 windfall lemons. 



vi. All Seville oranges remaining in any orchard on and aftei- the first day of 

 August in each ytar, whether on the trees or otherwise, must be destroyed : 

 Provided that at the request of the owner or occupier an inspector may 

 exempt any crop or portion of a crop from the operation of this Regulation 

 for such period and subject to such conditions as he may think fit. 



8. The destruction of fruit iniist be effected by boiling tor fifteen minutes, or by 

 burning, and of plants and packages by burning. Fruit cases or other packages may be 

 treated by immersion in boiling water for two minutes. 



It is discouraging to note the shoitsightedness of some growers in wilfully 

 neglecting to cany out the Regulations winch are framed for no other purpose 

 than to help tlie fruit industry. The refusal of other States to receive 

 Hy-infected fruit has forced the necessity for univei-sal action tnider an Act 

 upon the.se growers. And it must be apparent to all eonceined that 

 continuous and frecjueiit destruction of fallen and infect(>d fruit by every 

 person, from those growing on the largest scale down to the per.son with but 

 one ttee in the back yard, is a method by which we may expect to control 

 these pests. 



Experiment to demonstrate to growers the practical value of carrying out 



the provisions of the Fruit Pest Regulations. 



I have now conmienced (May, 1908), with the approval of the Minister for 



Agriculture, an experiment (to extend over a period of two years) to 



demonstrate in a single district the advantage, or otherwise, which will result 



* Note. — (Trowers are advised to pick off and destroy any infected fruit remaining on 

 the trees. 



