Bui. 536, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate XV. 



The Mediterranean Fruit Fly and the Banana Industry. 



Fig. 1.— Typical Chinese house and packing shed at small banana plantations. The rice straw 

 and dried banana leaves used for wrapping all export fruit are stored in open sheds similar to 

 one illustrated to left of view. Fig. 2.— In a bluefield banana plantation at Hilo. Note the 

 dead dried leaves hanging to the trees; when these are thoroughly dry they are cut and stored 

 for wrapping export fruits. (Original.) 



