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THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



fruit fly attached to the seams on the inside of old gunny sacks that had 

 come from Honolulu, and from that day on I have refused to pass any 

 article from Hawaiian points that was contained in a sack that was not 

 new. It makes no difference what it is, resack and burn the old sacks, or 

 I send it back. That is my ruling. Gentlemen, I am convinced that 

 every sack, box, bale, package, every ship, every person that comes from 

 Honolulu to California is a potential danger to the greatest of our indus- 

 tries, and to the very extreme limit of the powers invested in me, as quar- 

 antine officer, I am going to minimize this danger. No old sacks. 



A Mango. (Fig-. 323.) 



This is an actual photograph of a mango; one of many that have 

 arrived at San Francisco since I have had charge. Yes, it came from 

 Honolulu. The lot that this was taken from came up in the Sonoma on 

 August 15th. Its condition may be accepted as typical of mangoes from 



Fig. 



323. — Mango infested witli maggots of the 

 capitata. (Photo by Chatterley. M. 



Mediterranean fruit 

 B. Cal. Hort. Com.) 



fly, Ceratitis 



fruit fly regions. Look at the maggots. There was no evidence of this con- 

 dition on the outside of this specimen, for I looked it over very carefully. 

 The mango is typical of its native tropical surroundings. Its smooth glow- 

 ing golden skin covers and hides a mass of festering corruption that can- 

 not be realized until investigated. I have tried hard to analyze what is 

 about the mango that seems to seduce otherwise fair-minded people away 

 from all sense of public duty and protection of home industries. Whether 

 it is the peculiar sensation produced by the wriggling of these maggots 

 that is mistaken for some superior quality of this fruit I know not. but 

 the fact remains that the best and alas the fairest also of our citizens will 

 resort to any subterfuge to pass a mango over the quarantine lines. The 

 mango is a grave danger. There is always the possibility that some 

 curious minded person will take one inland to a country home, then, 

 despite all our care and watchfulness, the trick will be turned. I am of 



