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The Mango Weeznl, by D. L. Van Dine, Press Bulletin No. 

 17, Hawaiian Agricultural Experiment Station. As if not con- 

 tent with the innumerable insect pests with which our grow- 

 ers and entomologists have to combat, nature or rather ill 

 chance has inflicted another unwelcome visitor upon us which 

 now threatens the most important fruit food of the larger por- 

 tion of the inhabitants of Hawaii. The intruder is known as 

 the Mango Weevil and it belongs to the same family as the 

 Cotton Boll-weevil which, since 1892, has destroyed $50,000,000 

 worth of cotton in the southern LJnited States. The injury in- 

 flicted on the mango is primarily the destruction of the seed 

 and also blemishes in the appearance of the fruit. In view 

 of the terribly destructive habits of the family of insects to 

 which this weevil belongs, in looking for the future develop- 

 ment of the mainland market and to prevent a prohibition of 

 the export of Haw^aiian mangoes, it is important that vigorous 

 measures be undertaken to control the pest. The importance 

 of achieving this may be guaged by the fact that the sugges- 

 tion is even made in the bulletin to destroy for a period of two 

 years all fruit in infected districts, and the excellent advice is 

 given that all common varieties of mang^oes be cut back for 

 in-arching or grafting with finer qualities. 



DISTRIBUTION OF RUBBER SEEDS. 



The Forestry Department, Board of Agriculture and For- 

 estry, has secured from several sources a fresh supply of Ceara 

 rubber seeds, which are being distributed free, in small quan- 

 tities, to anyone who will undertake to plant and care for them 

 and report to the Board from time to time what the results 

 achieved are. 



The seeds are mailed to applicants together with instructions 

 as to how to propagate and plant the trees. 



Already about one hundred persons scattered throughout the 

 Territory have appbed for seeds. Each applicant is requested 

 to sign a postal card agreeing to care for the trees and report 

 thereon. 



The object of the Board is to get the seeds planted in as 

 many different localities, soils and climates as possible, so as 



