Bu!. 536, U. S. Dept of Agriculture. 



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The Mediterranean Fruit Fly and the Banana Industry. 



Fig. 1.— Rice straw stacked in the open to be used as wrapping material for export 

 bananas. Fig. 2.— Chinese bananas cut and cleaned, waiting inspection by officer 

 of Federal Horticultural Board. Fig. 3. — Chinamen remove all split, overripe, and 

 bruised fruits as the bananas are brought to the packing sheds from the field. Each 

 bunch is thus cleaned previous to inspection as a safeguard to mainland interests. 

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