14 REPORT ON INJURIOUS INSECTS FOR 1907. 



East Plantation. 2nd application, April 23rd, 1907. Infected 

 bushes dusted with 2\ parts flowers of sulphur to i part of lime 

 (Two Coronette Sprayers in use.) 



Weather conditions. Still morning ; bushes wet with dew ; but 

 subsequently dried. Dusting continued all day and plantations finished, 

 also a few rows of West plantation. 



Powder from ist application still adhering to some bushes. 



West Plantation. April 23rd, 1907. A few rows dusted in after- 

 noon. Bushes rather dry. 



April 25th, 26th, 27th. Remainder of infected bushes in plantation 

 dusted in mornings from 6.30 to 10 a.m. 



Weather conditions. Dry and breezy. Dew soon dried on bushes, 

 and dusting was discontinued early. 



At the date of writing (29th April,) very little powder is visible 

 on bushes. There was some rain on the evening of the 26th and 

 showers since, and a fair amount of wind. 



Most of the swollen buds appear to have cracked or burst. When 

 examined under microscope on the 25th, buds were seen to contain 

 mites, some alive and some apparently dead. 



Leaves are coming on slowly, and a certain amount of fruit 

 blossom. Season is backward owing to cold winds and night frosts. 



East Plantation. 3rd application, May 9th. Infected bushes 

 dusted with 3 parts flow r ers of sulphur to I part lime. 



Weather conditions. Fine morning, bushes wet with dew. Dusting 

 continued until 12 o'clock, when plantation was finished. Breeze 

 sprang up in afternoon and some showers. 



West Plantation. May loth. Infected bushes dusted as in East 

 Plantation. 



Weather conditions. Bushes wet with dew, and slight showers. 

 Plantation finished. Powder adhering fairly well to bushes : but not 

 so well as when a greater proportion of lime w r as used. 



Total weight of Sulphur used for 3 applications 3^ cwts. 

 Lime ij cwts. 



loth May. Bushes now in full bloom. West Plantation does not 

 promise well. 



REPORT ON 3rd SEPTEMBER, 1907. 



The Crop from both plantations was heavier than in 1906. The 

 West Plantation yielded 25 cwts. and the East 29. A good deal of 

 the fruit was of poor quality, and the leaves withered from many of 

 the bushes before the crop was gathered, young buds are beginning 

 to show : but it is too early to say whether the gall mite is present 

 in them or not. As a rule, I have noticed that the swollen buds begin 

 to show in October or November, but no idea of the extent of the 

 disease can be formed until the spring." 



