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CONCLUSION. 



From all that has been said it will be seen that there is at present no 

 reason why anyone should hesitate to plant pineapples if he is will- 

 ing to take care of them. But if care is not given them, and if any 

 of the above diseases and pests are allowed to increase, then the planta- 

 tion becomes a menace to the neighborhood. 



Again, if heterogeneous importations are made in the future as 

 they have been in the past, it is almost certain that sooner or later 

 some of the other diseases to which the plant is subject will be intro- 

 duced and much injury done to the industry. Only absolutely guar- 

 anteed healthy plants from clean plantations should be allowed to be 

 brought in. In no other line are the laws of the island so important 

 and at the same time so necessary as in the way of controlling and in- 

 specting the importation of plants. The pineapple growers should see 

 that the inspection laws protect them from careless plant importers. 



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