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of  apples  in  succession.  To  the  complaint  of  the  growers  that 
my  action  inflicted  heavy  loss  upon  them  I replied  setting 
forth  my  position  as  inspector  of  this  Board.  Following  is 
copy  of  their  reply.  Being  one  of  the  few  positive  results  of 
inspection  work,  it  is  gratifying : 
Watsonville,  Cal.,  Dec.  3,  1908. 
Mr.  Jacob  Kotinsky, 
Honolulu,  T.  H. 
Dear  Sir:  Your  letter  of  18th  ult.  to  hand,  and  contents 
carefully  noted.  In  reply  we  wish  to  thank  you  for  your 
prompt  reply  and  for  your  views  in  the  matter  of  shipping 
fruit  into  your  Territory.  We  understand  that  you  are  doing 
your  full  duty  when  attending  to  this  business  for  your  Terri- 
tory, and  we  cannot  blame  you  for  inforcing  the  laws  of  your 
people.  We  believe  that  you  are  doing  only  what  is  your 
duty  in  the  matter  of  inspecting  fruit  which  is  shipped  to 
your  city. 
We  will  be  very  careful  in  selecting  our  fruit  when  we  are 
shipping  again  to  Honolulu  and  see  that  there  is  nothing 
shipped  but  first  class  fruit  which  is  free  from  all  insects  and 
disease. 
Thanking  you  for  your  kind  reply  to  our  letter,  we  beg  to 
remain, 
Yours  very  truly, 
(S)  M.  N.  LETTUNICH  & CO. 
Turnip  Maggots. — Owing  to  repeated  condemnation  of  all 
turnips  imported  because  of  these  maggots,  importations  of 
this  vegetable  ceased.  The  field  is  now  clear  for  some  one 
here  to  undertake  turnip  growing. 
The  maggot  was  repeatedly  suspected  to  feed  on  horse 
radish  and  in  November  a lot  was  found  so  infested.  The 
infested  roots  were  cut  off  and  destroyed  and  the  balance 
turned  over  to  the  importer. 
Badly  Infested  Plant  from  Florida. — I beg  to  exhibit  a plant  of 
Elegans  simoni  infested  with  a species  of  Lepidosaphes  (Pur- 
ple scale  group)  from  Florida  intercepted  in  course  of  inspec- 
tion of  mail  matter. 
Mangrove  Shoots  from  Manila. — The  “Buford”  brought  three 
boxes  of  these  plants  from  Manila  for  the  U.  S.  Experiment 
Station.  Evidently  little  or  no  precaution  was  taken  at  the 
place  of  collection  to  eliminate  possible  pests.  As  they  were 
overcarried  the  additional  weeks  gave  many  of  the  pests  time 
to  reach  maturity  so  that  when  they  were  opened  they  were 
found  teeming  with  a great  variety  of  insect  pests.  Fortu- 
nately our  new  dock  laboratory  was  completed  and  with  abun- 
dant light  perfect  quarantine  was  also  secured.  With  the  kind 
assistance  of  Mr.  Van  Dine  we  spent  nearly  a day  in  the  stuffy 
room,  picked  the  shoots  over  one  by  one,  each  of  11s  examin- 
