1908.] Insect, Fungus and other Pests. 



743 



-was grown or produced in any part of North America or any 

 other country in which peach yellows or peach rosette exists. 



(d) Any peach stones and peach stocks. 



(e) Any stocks, excepting apple stocks grown upon Northern 

 Spy roots or other roots which are accepted by the Com- 

 missioner of Lands as being resistant to the attack of woolly 

 aphis (Schizoneura lanigera), and pear, plum, apricot, cherry, 

 mango, rose and persimmon stocks, which may be imported 

 in bulk. 



(/) Timber with the bark on, except scaffolding poles from 

 the Baltic Sea or from Canada, and except piles of the turpen- 

 tine tree (Syncarpia lauri folia). 



The following plants, or any portion thereof (other than seed 

 •or fruit of the same), may not be introduced, except under 

 such precautionary measures as may be deemed necessary : 

 {a) Grape vines, or other plants of the family Vitacece ; (b) sugar 

 cane ; and (c) plants cultivated for the production of rubber. 



No plant, other than those mentioned in the preceding 

 regulations, may be introduced unless a special permit 

 authorising any such introduction has been obtained from 

 the Minister of Agriculture. Not more than 10 plants or 100 

 cuttings of any one variety may be introduced under one 

 permit. Permits authorising the introduction of more than 

 100 plants or 1,000 cuttings are not to be issued to any one 

 person in any year. 



All plants and portions thereof are to be examined by an 

 inspector, and all trees and woody plants are to be fumigated. 

 Provision is made for the treatment of diseased plants, &c. 



Pear Blister Mite (Phytoptus pyri). — There is not much 



danger of future infection from any mites which may fall 



■ with dead leaves. The mites are very 

 Notes on Insect, „ , , .. . L , , 



„ , ^„ small and have limited powers 01 move- 



Fungus and Other ., . , , , , 



^ ± . ment and even if they survived would be 

 Pests -.■< s * 



unlikely to get back to the trees. The 



winter is usually passed in the buds. Handpicking the 



leaves that are attacked may be practised in the summer, and 



* Notes on insect, fungus and other pests, dealing with the specimens submitted 

 to the Board for identification, and their apparent prevalence, will appear in this 

 Journal month by month. The notes commenced with the issue for June, 1907. 



