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POSSIBLE PESTS INTERCEPTED AND DESTROYED. 
GREEDY SCALE. 
A large number of the apples and lemons coming from Cali- 
fornia during the month were found infested with greedy scale 
(Aspidiotus rapax) and it was found necessary to return or fumi- 
gate those found excessively infested. The insect is already a 
formidable pest in the Territory, especially to native trees in some 
districts and to augment it by the admission of hordes on fruit 
is not desirable. Herewith I beg to exhibit two apples taken 
out of the same box, one before, the other after fumigation. Both 
are infested with greedy scale at the calyx; while the former 
shows a vast number of young bugs hatched since importation, 
the latter bears only the few original adults, beautifully demon- 
strating the effectiveness of fumigation. 
YAMS FROM ORIENT. 
The yams brought by the "Korea" from the Orient on the 20th 
were found infested with numerous colonies of our common ant 
(Phcidolc ncgacephala) and a variety of other insects, for which 
they were fumigated before being released. Some of the yams 
were found affected with a fungus at the extremities and Mr. 
Lewton-Brain, to whom specimens were submitted, reported that 
it was of a parasitic nature. The importers of these roots were 
therefore notified thru their brokers that henceforth yams found 
so infested will be destroyed. Glad to report that such action 
was not found necessary with yams that arrived subsequently. 
PINEAPPLE PLANTS. 
Two pineapple plants were received per mail from Florida. 
They were fumigated and dipped in Bordeaux and as a further 
precaution submitted to a plant pathologist for examination. He 
reported finding no disease but counseled retaining the plants in 
quarantine under observation until maturity in order to enable us 
to destroy them should a disease, now within, make its appear- 
ance externally before then. They were turned over to the 
Nurseryman for confinement, the government nursery being the 
best place we could think of available for the purpose. 
Should additional importations require quarantine, as would 
appear likely from a telephone message received from a citizen 
desirous of importing new pineapple varieties, it may become 
necessary and desirable to seek the cooperation of the U. S. Ex- 
periment Station for this work, since that station is already 
equipped with ample grounds and expert oversight. 
