other Island products. This proves the existence of that scale 

 in Cuba, and as the scales were not very plentiful it is possibly 

 preyed upon by parasites or predacious insects and an effort will 

 be made to ascertain the cause of its scarcity. The soil in which 

 the seedling palms were packed was dumped into the water. 



INFESTED ORANGES. 



Twenty-four (24) boxes of oranges infested with three species 

 of scale insects ex S. S. "Sierra" were deported. The grower did 

 not think enough of his product to put his name or locality on 

 his boxes, only the commission merchant's name appearing in 

 small letters upon the end of each box. 



CONDEMNED APPLES. 



Ten (10) boxes of apples infested with Codlin moth larvae, 

 "brown spot fungus" and ''apple scab" that came on the same 

 steamer were destroyed by fire. The grower of this fruit was 

 evidently also ashamed of his product, for the boxes w^ere not 

 stenciled or marked with the grower's name or address. Had 

 the fruit been free from insect pests and plant diseases this — ac- 

 cording to the laws of this Territory — would have been sufficient 

 grounds to have refused the entry of the fruit. This is a valu- 

 able point, for we can determine promptly if the fruit is liable to 

 be infested with maggots of fruit flies or is from a district sub- 

 ject to them. 



NEW FRUIT TREES. 



We have on various steamers for Brisbane, Queensland, for- 

 warded packages of Ceroplastes ruhens to Mr. L. G. Corrie, 

 President of the Queensland Acclimatization Society in hope of 

 establishing! the parasite that keeps that scale insect in check in 

 this Territory. Mr. Corrie has very kindly sent us, freight prepaid, 

 three new mandarin orange trees that originated there and is con- 

 sidered to be the finest mandarin orange in the world. One of 

 the trees will be planted on the uplands of Tantalus, one in 

 Nuuanu Valley and the other in the vicinity of Honolulu. This 

 will thoroughly test their adaptability to the various elevations. 

 Buds wall be taken later for general distribution. A variety of 

 persimmon and a variety of mango called "Rose," three small 

 palm trees and a scarlet Ipomea, with the exception of the latter, 



